The release also said a forensic pathologist identified multiple blunt force injuries in an autopsy, and the cause and manner of death were pending completion of the investigation.Īuthorities said the girl was from Colorado Springs and was on vacation to Glenwood Springs with her family. On Tuesday night, the Garfield County Coroner’s Office said in a statement it was not planning to release the child’s name, saying it was balancing the release of information to the public with the privacy of families. Checketts was instrumental in the company’s tower drop designs, including one of the first at Universal Orlando. The company has about 150 tower drop rides internationally - the latest in China - and none are without a shoulder harness, according to Josh Hays, the company’s director of sales and marketing. Ride designer Stan Checketts of Providence, Utah, did not respond to The Denver Post on Tuesday but in 2017 told Fox31 that the ride was intentionally designed without shoulder harnesses even though most others - including those of his own design - had them.Ĭhecketts founded and later sold S&S Sansei, one of the biggest amusement ride design manufacturers in the world. The reason, according to a television interview its designer gave in 2017 when the ride was opened, was to make it more exciting, “a little bit more scary.” Most vertical drop amusement park rides are designed with shoulder restraints, but the Haunted Mine Drop at Glenwood Caverns where a 6-year-old girl died Sunday was not. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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