GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Jury selection is now underway in a trial over a wrongful death lawsuit that stems from the tragic death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos, a Colorado Springs girl who died at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park over Labor Day weekend in 2021.
Estifanos died after falling out of the Haunted Mine Drop attraction in Garfield County, a ride that plunged six passengers 110 feet into a darkened “mine shaft.”
Investigators later determined that Estifanos was not secured by a seatbelt when operators started the ride. They also found an operator had overridden an indicator on the ride’s system, warning them that the restraints weren’t properly secured, and started the ride…