A judge in Polk County moved a wrongful death trial to Scott over the Adventureland water raft ride that flipped over and killed 11-year-old Eastern Iowa boy in 2021. He said a fair and impartial jury couldn’t be selected in Polk because of pretrial publicity.
The family of Michael Jaramillo is suing the Amusement Park in the Des Moines Suburb of Altoona for the 11-year-old's death in one of the rides, while other family members were rushed to the hospital.
The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at an Iowa amusement park a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state court last week,
The family of an 11-year-old boy who died on a water ride has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging the park failed to properly maintain and repair its rides.