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A man who died after riding a roller coaster at Epic Universe severely fractured one of his thigh bones and had a pre-existing dislocation of his other thigh bone, a newly released autopsy shows. Kevin Rodriguez Zavala,
Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, 32, suffered horror injuries while on a rollercoaster with his girlfriend - his death was later ruled an accident by investigators
The family of Kevin Rodriguez Zavala and Universal have reached an “amicable resolution” following the man's death after riding the Stardust Racers roller coaster at Epic Universe, attorneys representing the family announced Saturday afternoon.
A news release from Ben Crump, a civil rights and personal injury attorney, said terms of the agreement between the family of Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, 32, and Universal, which opened Epic in May, are confidential. The one-paragraph statement did not say if Universal would pay Zavala’s family or, if so, how much.
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