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Iowa teen hurt in fatal park ride accident leaving hospital Sign In MARGERY A. BECK, Associated Press Aug. 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Brothers David, from left, Gus and Michael Jaramillo of Marion, Iowa are shown in this undated family photo released by the family’s attorney Ryan Best. An accident on a popular boat ride at Adventureland Park in Altoona, Iowa on Saturday, July 3, 2021 killed 11-year-old Michael, left his brother David in critical condition, while Gus suffe...

David Jaramillo has begun to speak and could be discharged from the hospital as soon as late next week, the familys attorney said Thursday. Its more good news following a dramatic improvement earlier this week in the condition of the Marion boy,. The 16-year-old was critically injured in a July 3 accident at Adventureland Park that claimed the life of his brother Michael, 11. "David Jr. is beginning to talk, still has a tracheotomy but is talking slowly," said Ryan Best, the familys attorn...

Des Moines Register The raft carrying Michael Jaramillo when an accident on Adventureland Parks Raging River ride fatally injured him July 3 temporarily had been pulled from service earlier in the day because of a deflated air bladder, according to public records obtained by the Des Moines Register.  It was one of several rafts that had been taken out of service because the bladders that keep them afloat had deflated, state amusement ride safety investigators said in a previously unrelea...

State report: Adventureland raft had been repaired on day of deadly accident, but took on water when family boarded Daniel Lathrop, Des Moines Register 911 audio shows confusion, delays in response to Adventureland accident. Replay Video UP NEXT The raft carrying Michael Jaramillo when an accident on Adventureland Parks Raging River ride fatally injured him July 3 temporarily had been pulled from service earlier in the day because of a deflated air bladder, according to publ...

1:40 Parts of Siouxland under a tornado watch until 9 tonight, including Woodbury, Monona, Ida, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Clay, Emmet, and Pocahontas. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for several counties across central Iowa, including Calhoun and Carroll just outside of Siouxland. A judge has agreed to delay the sentencing of the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts after his lawyers said they need time to investigate new information implicating ...

An Iowa teenager fighting for his life after a raft carrying him and other members of his family flipped on Adventureland Parks "Raging River" ride earlier this month — may be blind, the familys pastor said Tuesday. "We still don’t know if he’s going to be able to see or not," pastor Christian Shields of Cedar Rapids Christian Life Church said of David Jaramillo, whose family was at the park to celebrate his fast approaching 16th birthday. Ryan Best, the Jaramillo familys attorney, also ...

Workers remove boat for inquiry in Iowa water ride accident IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Workers have used a crane to remove a boat from an Iowa amusement park as investigators look into what caused an accident that killed one boy and critically injured his brother. The boat weighing over 1,700 pounds was removed from the channel on the Raging River ride so that inspectors and engineers could have a closer examination. Adventureland attorney Guy Cook says the boat was ...

Workers remove Adventureland boat for inquiry in deadly water ride accident Share Updated: 5:17 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021 Workers remove Adventureland boat for inquiry in deadly water ride accident Share Updated: 5:17 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript STEVE: NEW AT 6:00. A NEW REPORT DETAILSHE T CHALLENGES FIREFIGERHTS FACED ON SATURDAY NIGHT TRYING TO GET TO THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AT THE ADVENTURELAND AMUSEMENT PARK IN ALTOONA. AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KI...

Teen on life support after deadly Iowa water ride accident By RYAN J. FOLEYJuly 7, 2021 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A teenager injured in an accident on an Iowa amusement ride that killed his younger brother remained on life support Wednesday as he turned 16, his family pastor said. David Jaramillo has been in a medically induced coma at Blank Children’s Hospital since Saturday’s accident on the Raging River at Adventureland Park in Altoona, pastor Christian Shields said. David has some br...

"As a community and as a church, I know weve all been rocked by this tragedy," the Rev. Christian Shields, a pastor at the church, said at Wednesdays service dedicated to the family. But nothing compares to what the Jaramillo family is going through — "all of the hurt, all of the pain, all of the anger," Shields said. And David, "hes going to wake up to this and realize — I dont have my brother anymore, " Shields said. The brothers were underwater for 10 minutes before they were rescued...