{"id":129538,"date":"2026-01-23T19:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129538\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:50:29","slug":"cause-of-death-for-woman-70-who-died-after-riding-universal-orlandos-revenge-of-the-mummy-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129538\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause of death for woman, 70, who died after riding Universal Orlando&#8217;s &#8216;Revenge of the Mummy&#8217; revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; A woman, who died after riding Universal Orlando&#8217;s &#8220;Revenge of the Mummy,&#8221; died from a ruptured aneurysm without trauma, an Orange County Medical Examiner ruled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769197829_537_img_0482-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">A general view of the &#8220;Revenge of the Mummy&#8221; ride at Universal Studios Florida. Credit: Josh Frigerio <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Ma de La Luz Mejia Rosas, 70, was with her family at Universal Orlando theme park on Nov. 25 when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/report-woman-dead-after-riding-revenge-mummy-universal-orlando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">became unresponsive<\/a> after riding &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/revenge-of-the-mummy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Revenge of the Mummy<\/a>,&#8221; a high-action indoor coaster at the park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Rosas&#8217;s death was listed among nine other incidents in a three-month span reported in an injury report included in Central Florida theme parks&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/ccmedia.fdacs.gov\/content\/download\/81386\/file\/exempt-facilities-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">quarterly reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to a report released by the Office of the Medical Examiner in Orlando, Rosas died in the hospital on Jan. 9, two weeks after the incident at Universal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Her cause of death was ruled as &#8220;ruptured aneurysm without trauma,&#8221; the report said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Who is Ma de La Luz Mejia Rosas? <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Ma de La Luz Mejia Rosas was described as someone who enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren at the theme park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">On Jan. 20, it was announced that Rosas&#8217; family<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/family-70-year-old-woman-died-after-riding-universals-revenge-mummy-hires-orlando-lawyer-ben-crump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> hired an Orlando-based civil rights attorney<\/a> shortly after the theme parks&#8217; quarterly reports were released. Their attorney, Ben Crump \u2013 who also represented the family of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/epic-universe-stardust-racers-death-ben-crump-news-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kevin Zavala<\/a> \u2013 said Rosas&#8217; death will be investigated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">She expected a &#8220;safe and joyful experience. Instead, her family is now left grieving and searching for answers,&#8221; Crump&#8217;s statement said. &#8220;They deserve a full understanding of what happened before, during, and after this ride. We intend to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding this tragedy and ensure her family\u2019s voice is heard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> What is &#8220;Revenge of the Mummy?&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Universal Orlando Resort&#8217;s &#8220;Revenge of the Mummy&#8221; ride is a thrill ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Featuring characters from the 1999 film franchise &#8220;The Mummy,&#8221; the ride is described as plunging &#8220;high speed into total darkness.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Nine incidents, three months <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Rosas&#8217; incident is one of nine incidents Universal reported during that three-month span.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Others included:<\/p>\n<p> A 78-year-old man experienced chest pain after riding Stardust Racers at Epic Universe.A 47-year-old man became nauseous on Yoshi&#8217;s Adventure at Epic Universe.A 41-year-old experienced numbness and visual disturbance on Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment at Epic Universe.A 61-year-old man experienced lower back spasms after Doctor Dooms Fearfall at Universal&#8217;s Islands of Adventure.A 49-year-old woman experienced chest pain after riding Jurassic World: VelociCoaster at Universal&#8217;s Islands of Adventure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story was gathered from an Orange County Office of the Medical Examiner report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/theme-parks\/universal-studios\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Studios Florida News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; A woman, who died after riding Universal Orlando&#8217;s &#8220;Revenge of the Mummy,&#8221; died from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,139,141,140,2411,3437],"class_list":{"0":"post-129538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-orlando","10":"tag-orlando-headlines","11":"tag-orlando-news","12":"tag-theme-parks","13":"tag-universal-studios"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}