FILE – Visitors arrive at the Adventureland Park amusement park, July 6, 2021, in Altoona, Iowa. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, the managers of the Iowa amusement park said a ride that an 11-year-old boy died on in 2021 will never reopen. Adventureland’s general manager announced the decision in a letter posted on the park’s website. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — The ride at an Iowa amusement park where an 11-year-old Marion boy was killed in 2021 will never reopen, the park’s owners said.

Bill Lentz, Adventureland’s general manager, said in a letter posted on the park’s website Friday that after spending months reviewing the safety of the Raging River ride, officials decided to close it permanently.

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“The decision comes after months of examination of the ride, working closely with its manufacturer to identify what enhancements each would need to meet our operating standards,” Lentz said in the statement. “Based upon that review, the best path forward is to close Raging River, and focus on enhancing the Adventureland experience elsewhere.”

Michael Jaramillo died and his brother and father were injured on July 3, 2021, after their raft overturned and trapped them in the water. The ride uses a conveyor belt to move large circular rafts through rapids.

The park was sold to Palace Entertainment in the wake of the boy’s death and Lentz took over as general manager in 2022. Palace Entertainment is the U.S. subsidiary of Madrid-based Parques Reunidos.

The Jaramillo family filed a lawsuit against Adventureland and its former owners in June 2022, and a separate claim against the state of Iowa in September 2022. That lawsuit is tentatively set for trial next spring. The former owners have maintained that