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A Missouri teen visiting an Orlando theme park died from blunt force trauma after he fell more than 70 stories from an amusement park ride, according to the newly released autopsy report.
Tyre Sampson, 14, died from blunt force trauma when he fell from the drop-tower ride in Florida earlier this year, an autopsy report concluded.
An autopsy conducted by the Orange County Medical Examiner on Tyre Sampson, the 14-year-old who fell off the Orlando FreeFall ride in March, concludes that the boy's cause of death was the result of blunt force trauma and the manner of death was “accident.”
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.