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'We're praying for his brain to be fully healed': Family pastor shares biggest concerns for 16-year-old injured in Adventureland accident David Jaramillo remains in the hospital after the July 3 incident at Adventureland. His brother, 11-year-old Michael Jaramillo was killed in the accident. Author: Renae Whissel Updated: 11:13 PM CDT July 11, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa — Sixteen-year-old David Jaramillo is still in the hospital after an accident on Adventureland's Raging River ride July 3. The family pastor said the biggest concern for David is his sight. "He can...

As People Flock to Theme Parks This Summer, Series of Accidents Plagues Popular Rides From The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Headlines across the country have been abundant with news of shocking theme park accidents in the last several weeks, some of them fatal. Last month, a Tennessee boy got caught under a Missouri coaster and was seriously injured. And in early June a woman died from internal bleeding after sustaining an injury while riding a roller coaster in Indiana. It was ruled an accident. The likelihood of dying on a roller coaster is pretty low, with odds at roughly one in 750...

Des Moines Register Lawyer Ryan Best said his account comes from conversations with numerous witnesses who reached out to him as news spread of the holiday weekend tragedy. Eleven-year-old Michael Jamarillo died after the boat flipped and his 16-year-old brother, David, was critically injured. "The first people to help my clients were park guests," Best said. "No one from the park responded to this incident prior to the first responders' arrival." Adventureland did not directly respond to Best's account but said that park workers' actions were "prompt." "Prompt action was taken by the ri...

11-year-old Michael Jaramillo was killed on Adventureland's Raging River ride on July 3. Author: Renae Whissel Updated: 7:06 PM CDT July 9, 2021 ALTOONA, Iowa — The Jaramillo family is still in Des Moines Friday, waiting for 16-year-old David to recover after a July 3 accident at Adventureland killed his little brother, 11-year-old Michael Jaramillo. It's been almost a week since their boat on the Raging River overturned. "The more I think about it, it's not an accident. It's a tragedy," said Christian Shields, the family's pastor. "Somebody is to blame for t...

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 brain function and has woken up a couple times at the Des Moines hospital, opening his eyes and asking...