A federal jury awarded a $1.7 million settlement to the family of a 19-year-old Middletown teen who lost his life while working at Six Flags Great Adventure in 2017.
As per the court documents, the plaintiff was a 2016 graduate of Middletown High School North training to be an electrician. On September 1, 2017, he was stringing up lights when the incident took place at the Great Adventure park where he was working as an apprentice.
He was working as a spotter and walking beside the machine when the front tire of an aerial work platform hit him. Another employee who was present at the scenario reversed the machine to save the plaintiff. The plaintiff was soon rushed to Jersey Shore University Medical Center by helicopter. However, he succumbed to the injuries on the very next day.
The family of the deceased alleged that the company did not provide sufficient training to its employees to operate the machine safely. The death of the boy had a huge impact on many lives, including his teachers, friends and relatives as he was very humorous, smart, unique, respectful and polite.
