Freefall Ride News Today

Legislation seeking to bolster the safety of amusement-park rides in Florida was recently signed by Governor Ron DeSantis, following the death of Tyre Sampson in Orlando.

In March 2022, Tyre Sampson fell to his death from the FreeFall ride at ICON Park.

His teammates said Sampson was their best friend and their brother and they will never stop missing him.

Tyre Sampson's mother, Nekia Dodd, visited the FreeFall ride in Orlando on Wednesday for the first time since her son's death.

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.

One month after 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fell to his death on Icon Park's FreeFall Ride, more than a half-dozen businesses – from Icon Park operators to the manufacturers of the ride, the harnesses, and the seats – are cited as defendants in the wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday in Orange County.

And weighed 340 pounds. according to the rides own manual the maximum weight limit is 287. free fall ride at the icon mark had only been open for four months billed as the tallest drop tower in the world. you ride to the top and drop fast at 75 miles per hour before a magnetic braking system stops you at the end. 430 feet tall. cell phone video taken the night it happened you could hear ride workers asking each other was he buckled in, was he buckled in? the employee responsible for the kid said...

The Orlando Free Fall ride where a 14-year-old boy died in March was made "unsafe" after manual adjustments were made by the operator, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried said Monday.

New detail on the investigation about the teenager who died on the Orlando FreeFall ride indicated that the harness was still locked down when the ride stopped.