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Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Reopens After Child's Death On Haunted Mine Drop Ride

The ride will remain closed while investigators determine what led to the death of six-year-old Wongel Estifanos.

By Jennifer McRae, CBS Denver:


GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park reopened Monday. The amusement park had been closed since 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos died on one of the rides on Sept. 5.

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The child was vacationing with her parents from Colorado Springs when she died on the park’s Haunted Mine Drop, a ride that plunges around 110-feet at 96 feet per second down a 120-foot mine shaft.

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