Universal Orlando Resort will reopen its Stardust Racers rollercoaster on Saturday for the first time since the tragic death of rider Kevin Rodriguez Zavala last month, but the coaster will no longer accommodate riders like Zavala in wheelchairs, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.

Zavala, of Kissimmee, was helped into the Epic Universe roller coaster on Sept. 17 by Universal employees, according to reports. The Orange County medical examiner ruled his death as accidental and the result of “multiple blunt impact injuries.”

Attorneys representing Zavala’s family have angrily blasted Universal for suggesting that Zavala’s disability played a role in his death. Zavala had spinal cord atrophy since birth.

According to the corporate release posted on the theme park’s website Friday, Universal

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