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Ride experts say your safety could be improved, and deaths and injuries reduced, if theme parks and attractions implemented new procedures for warning patrons, and reported accidents to a national database.

Sensors on a Florida amusement park ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats, resulting in a 14-year-old boy not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to his death, according to an initial report released Monday by outside engineers.

The family of the teen boy who fell to his death at an Orlando Free Fall ride in March files wrongful death lawsuit.

The family of a 14-year-old boy who was killed the world's tallest free-fall ride files wrongful death lawsuit.

(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- The parents of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death in March from the world's tallest tower drop ride at a Florida amusement park filed a&

(ORLANDO, Fla.) — The parents of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death in March from the world’s tallest tower drop ride at a Florida amusement park filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit on Monday alleging park officials failed to warn riders of “unreasonably […]

The seven-count complaint, brought by the parents of Tyre Sampson, alleges “negligence” and “strict liability” against all defendants.

The parents of Tyre Sampson, the boy who died on a free fall ride at Icon Park in Orlando in March, have filed suit against the owners of the park and other companies, their attorney Ben Crump announced Monday.

Tyre Sampson, 14, from St Louis, Missouri, fell to his death at the ICON Park in Orlando, Florida, after his seat was manually adjusted, said a forensic report.

An investigation into the accidental death of a Black teen in an Orlando, Florida, amusement park has found a park employee tampered with the ride’s