The 6-year-old girl who died on a ride at a Colorado amusement park earlier this month was never strapped into her seat before the ride plunged 110 feet, according to a state investigation.
The girl was only holding the tail of one seatbelt across her lap, but when checking her seat, a ride operator"did not notice that the seatbelts were not positioned across her lap," according to the report.
The second operator also checked the girl's seatbelts but"did not notice that neither of the seatbelts were positioned across her lap," according to the report."Because Ms. Estifanos was not restrained in the seat she became separated from her seat and fell to the bottom of the [Haunted Mine Drop] shaft, resulting in her death," the report stated.
The report also determined that the operators' training"did not appear to emphasize the inherent risks of the ride," and that the manufacturer's operating manual"does not instruct operators on how to properly address errors." "Safety is, and always has been, our top priority," Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park founder Steve Beckley said in a statement following the release of the report."Since opening our first ride just over 15 years ago, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park has delivered more than 10 million safe and enjoyable rides."
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