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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Family and friends who knew Kevin Rodriguez Zavala remembered him as "one of a kind," according to a statement posted to a GoFundMe page .

Zavala, 32, was at Epic Universe with his longtime girlfriend on Wednesday night, September 17, 2025, his sister told FOX 35 in a brief phone call earlier this week. After riding Stardust Racers, Epic Universe's dual-launch coaster, Zavala became unresponsive and was taken to the hospital , where he died, Universal said.

The Orange County Medical Examiner said in a statement that Zavala's cause of death was due to "multiple blunt force injuries." His death was ruled an accident. A partially-redacted incident report released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office noted that Zavala had a pre-existing spinal injury

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