COLUMBUS (AP) — The family of a teenager killed when a spinning and swinging amusement park ride broke apart at the Ohio State Fair and threw people to the ground says it’s seeking justice and has retained a law firm to file a wrongful-death suit.
Meanwhile, the state announced Friday afternoon that some rides at the fair were running again.
Victim Tyler Jarrell was 18 and had recently enlisted in the Marines. His family has hired Kitrick, Lewis & Harris to investigate the Wednesday malfunction that killed him.
The law firm said Friday it has retained investigators to reconstruct the malfunction and determine how and why it happened. It says the investigators will work with police and other agencies.
Jarrell’s mother says everyone who knew him “is grief-stricken and in shock.”
Organizers of the Ohio State Fair say their “hearts are heavy” for those involved in the accident.
In an update on the Ohio Department of Agricultre website, officials annoynced late Friday afternoon that rides in the fair’s Kiddieland area, the Giant Slide and the Sky Glider passed additional inspections and were reopened to the public.
The department says inspections will continue on the rest of the rides which are cleared to open