ORLANDO, Fla. – Hours after Kevin Rodriguez Zavala was found unresponsive on a roller coaster at Epic Universe and pronounced dead from multiple blunt impact injuries, the state agency that regulates some amusement rides in Florida announced it had sent an “investigator” to the Universal Orlando theme park.
But there is no indication the State of Florida is conducting any sort of independent investigation of the Sept. 17 incident on the Stardust Racers roller coaster, News 6 has learned.
Instead, Universal Orlando voluntarily invited representatives of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or FDACS, to “observe” testing and inspections of the ride after Zavala’s death, an agency spokesperson told News 6…