Zipline employee healing after a collision in Castle Rock

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e family of a man injured in a zipline collision in Castle Rock started a GoFundMe account to help cover expenses while he is healing.

Jonathan Schiller, 21, was working at e EDGE Ziplines and Adventures on June 25 at Phillip S Miller Park when the collision occurred. According to Schiller’s GoFundMe, a child was stuck on the zipline and Schiller was in the process of responding when a second child came down the zipline. e three, including Schiller and two children, collided. e Castle Rock Fire Department transported Schiller, a 10-year-old boy, and an 8-year-old boy to Sky Ridge Medical Center with blunt-force trauma injuries.

Adam White, manager for e EDGE, said a miscommunication between employees over walkie-talkies led to the crash.

Schiller’s GoFundMe says he su ered a concussion, as well as injuries to his limbs. While healing, Schiller is unable to work. rough the GoFundMe account, the community has donated more than $3,000, nearing the $5,000 goal.

Jonathan Schiller, 21, was injured in a zipline collision on June 25 at The Edge Ziplines and Adventures in Castle Rock. His family started a GoFundMe to help cover expenses.

White said this collision was the rst since e EDGE facility opened in 2015. He said they worked with the state’s Division of Oil and Public Safety, which oversees amusement parks and rides, to investigate what went wrong and how to prevent future collisions.

“ ere were no recommended changes besides retraining all of our guides so there’s no ambiguity about our communications system,” he said, adding the park was cleared to operate. “Hopefully, we’ll never see another (collision).”

White said the Fourth of July holiday was busy and without incident.