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A Colorado jury has ordered a local theme park and others to pay $205 million to the family of a 6-year-old girl who fell more than 100 feet to her death from a ride.
The verdict, issued Friday at Garfield County District Court, is among the largest wrongful death awards for a single plaintiff in state history.
Wongel Estifanos, from Colorado Springs, was visiting Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park with her family over Labor Day weekend in 2021 when tragedy struck on the Haunted Mine Drop.
Investigation paperwork reviewed by Fox News Digital shows Estifanos was not buckled into her seat properly before the ride started.
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Instead, she was seated on top of still-