Overview

• The ride resumed service on Oct. 4 with updated signage and stricter eligibility rules that require guests using mobility devices to walk independently.
• At a Monday news conference, attorney Ben Crump and Kevin Rodriguez Zavala’s parents urged Universal to pause operations, preserve evidence, and allow their experts to inspect the coaster.
• A newly obtained incident report says paramedics found Zavala unresponsive in his seat with a defibrillator attached before he was moved, given CPR, and transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
• The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says the death investigation remains active, and the medical examiner previously ruled the death an accident caused by multiple blunt impact injuries.
• Crowds returned with waits up to two hours after reopening, while a nonprofit that led prior ride-safety activism launched a petition to shut Stardust Racers despite state-observed testing of the ride.