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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.