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The family of Wongel Estifanos filed a wrongful death lawsuit after she died riding the Haunted Mine Drop in 2021

Investigators determined that Wongel plunged from the ride because she was sitting on top of her two seat belts instead of wearing them across her body, according to a report cited in the complaint

Earlier this month, a jury awarded $205 million in damages to the family

A jury in Colorado awarded $205 million to the family of a 6-year-old girl who died after falling from an amusement park ride in 2021.

The jury award, which was reported by The Denver Post , NBC affiliate KUSA and CBS affiliate KCNC , comes four years after the family of Wongel Estifanos filed a wrongful death lawsuit .

Estifanos fell to her death on Sept. 5, 2021, while the young

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