A jury has awarded $205 million to the family of a young girl who died on a ride at a Glenwood Springs amusement park in 2021.

The verdict issued Friday was in a lawsuit in the death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos, who died at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on Labor Day weekend.

Wongel was at the park with her family from Colorado Springs and on a ride called the Haunted Mine Drop. She wasn’t buckled in, and she fell from her seat on the ride that plunged 110 feet into a tunnel.

The lawsuit filed by Estifanos Dagne and Rahel Estifanos said their daughter’s death resulted from the park’s pattern of recklessness and improper training. The lawsuit named Glenwood Caverns Holdings, the park’s parent company; Soaring Eagle, the company that designed the ride; and the two people who ope

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