Woman sues Universal Orlando over injuries from same roller coaster in which man died after ride
Orlando, Fla. (AP) – A woman filed a lawsuit against Universal Orlando Resort, claiming that she was injured in a Roller Coaster in the latest theme park. The case opened on Wednesday is coming for a week After a man died After taking on the same journey, blunt effect injuries.
Sandi Streets, 32 -year -old Kevin Rodriguez Zavala’s death in a separate incident days after the death of the state court in Orlando filed a case.
Streets said that Universal was invited to the Epic Universe Tema Park just a few weeks before officially opened to the public in May and went to the double -launched Coaster, which reached a speed of up to 62 miles / h. According to the outlet, on the journey, his head swung severely and hit the seat heading of his seat, caught permanent injuries according to the case.
The case says the streets of the streets have been exacerbated since disability, medical care costs, loss of working ability and traveling. His lawyer Nicholas Spetsas did not respond immediately to an e -mail looking for more details about their injuries on Thursday.
Ride could not properly restrict her head, and the Tema Park did not adequately warn her Roller Coaster’s “insecure and irrational dangerous state”.
Universal did not respond to an e -mail looking for comments about the case on Thursday.
In the case of Zavala, the Orlando Region medical examination specialist directed the cause of death as more than one blunt effect injury and said that his death was an accident.
Universal Orlando Resort President Karen Irwin, as a note to the workers last weekend, said that after Zavala’s death, the internal findings have normal function, the equipment was intact and that universal workers followed appropriate procedures. Inspectors about Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Department last Friday The first findings are aligned With the theme park.
For Zavala’s family, lawyers had a problem with this result at a press conference on Wednesday. Zavala has had a spine injury since birth and used a wheelchair, but they said that his disability did not cause his death. His family has not filed a lawsuit yet and said they wanted to understand how he died.
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