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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...

Operator error is suspected as the cause for the death in March of a 14-year-old boy who slipped out of his seat on a drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park.

ORLANDO, Fla. — 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

Onlookers noticed that a four-year-old boy was unrestrained in his Free Fall seat moments before the ride took off. Patrons called the operator to stop the ride to save the boy from falling from the ride and potentially severe injuries.

A Florida lawmaker is calling for a so-called "loophole" in Florida law to be closed. The law did not require the Orlando FreeFall to display a "maximum weight" sign outside the ride.

SlingShot Group, owner of Free Fall, posted only minimum height restrictions but had no signs warning of a maximum weight for riders.    

Tyre Sampson died after a falling off of Orlando's FreeFall ride and a loophole in Florida's law may have prevented the employee who operated the ride from being required to display a "maximum weight" sign.

A ride safety expert says a "loophole" in Florida law may have prevented the operator of the Orlando FreeFall from being required to display a "maximum weight" sign outside the ride where 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fell to his death. The teen was more than 50 pounds over the max weight limit, according to the ride's operating manual.

Negligence—that's the word used by attorneys for Tyre Sampson's family to describe his death at an ICON Park ride.

Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a drop tower ride at Orlando's ICON Park last month.