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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 suffered minor injuries. (Family photo/attorney Ryan Best via AP)APShow MoreShow Less 2of3Visitors arrive...

David Jaramillo has begun to speak and could be discharged from the hospital as soon as late next week, the family's attorney said Thursday. It's 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 family's attorney. The good news for his family comes after they laid Michael to rest Saturday in a funeral at...

Des Moines Register The raft carrying Michael Jaramillo when an accident on Adventureland Park's 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 unreleased report. The report also shows that the raft was repaired and put back into service at 5:45 p.m...

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 Park's 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 ...

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 other people. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison without the po...