The family of the man who died after riding a Universal roller coaster doesn’t want the ride to reopen until they know exactly what happened to him and how future incidents will be prevented.
“I don’t want anybody else to feel like I feel right now,” Carlos Rodriguez said of his late son, Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, who died after riding Stardust Racers at Universal Orlando Resort’s new Epic Universe theme park.
“We want for this never to happen again,” Rodiguez Zavala’s sister Lisa Cruz Rodriguez added at a press conference on Sept. 24. “Whether it’s adding more restrictions to the ride or just adding more restraints … just figuring out a way to make it safer.”
Initial investigations by both Universal and state regulators indicate the ride did not malfunction…