The investigation into the death of the six-year-old Colorado girl, Wongel Estifanos, has revealed that operators were unable to check that she was wearing a belt. melder The Independent.
Wongel Estifanos fell 30 meters and died when the family visited Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on September 5.
Missed notice
Investigators from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment have revealed that the child was sitting on the two seat belts, instead of having them fastened correctly, and that two newly hired operators did not detect it during the routine check, writes The Independent.
Cleo (20): – Mom, I do not want to die
Investigators also discovered that an alarm system warned that Wongel was not secured, but one of the employees reset the system and started the trip because they were not trained well enough to know what to do with it.
Dan Caplis, the lawyer for the girl’s family, tells The Independent that the family plans to sue the park, and is determined to make sure this never happens again.
– The report makes it clear that this is the park’s fault, he says.
– We are deeply sorry
The founder of the park, Steve Beckley, tells local newspapers Denver Post that security is, and always has been, their top priority.
