A person turned unresponsive after driving a curler coaster at Universal’s new Epic Universe theme park in Orlando, Florida Wednesday evening and later died, authorities and the corporate say.
A Universal spokesperson stated in an announcement to CBS News {that a} visitor “was unresponsive after driving Stardust Racers and was transported to the hospital, the place the visitor later died.
“We are devastated by this tragic occasion and lengthen our sincerest sympathies to the visitor’s family members. Â We are absolutely cooperating with Orange County and the continued investigation.”
The trip remains to be closed, the spokesperson stated.
The Orange County, Florida Sheriff’s Office advised CBS News the customer was a person and was in his thirties.
Epic Universe was the primary main theme park to open in Florida in additional than 25 years when it welcomed guests simply earlier than Memorial Day weekend and is anticipated to ramp up competitors with Walt Disney World Resort, a fixture in Orlando since 1971 when it first opened.
