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State report: Raging River boat taken out of service hours before deadly accident According to an Iowa Division of Labor report, the raft the Jaramillo family rode showed issues before the fatal July 3 incident. Author: Sarah Beckman Updated: 11:08 PM CDT July 16, 2021 ALTOONA, Iowa — The boat involved in a deadly incident at Adventureland Park was temporarily taken out of service for repairs just hours before an eastern Iowa family rode it, an Iowa Division of Labor report shows. Adventureland maintenance staff was called to the Raging River ride at 3 p.m. J...

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 ...

The picture being painted by an attorney for the Jaramillo family, and by fire department and dispatch records, is one of confusion as riders were trapped under a raft at the Raging River ride at the theme park. Lawyer Ryan Best says that he was told that staff members stood around as the Jaramillo family was trapped beneath the waters, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. 11 year old Michael Jaramillo died after the raft flipped. His 16 year old brother David was critically injured. The Gazette reports that he was taken out of a medically induced coma, but remains on life support. Best ...

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...