Orlando FreeFall coming down after owner reaches settlement following Tyre Sampson's death
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Orlando FreeFall, the ride a teenager visiting Florida fell from and died last year, will be dismantled after the owner reached an agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Fourteen-year-old Tyre Sampson fell to his death from the 400-foot drop tower ride operated by Orlando Slingshot in March 2022.
An autopsy showed that Tyre, a football player and honor roll student from the St. Louis area, suffered numerous broken bones and internal injuries in the fall, and his death by blunt force trauma was ruled an accident. It showed Tyre weighed 383 pounds, well above the ride manual’s weight limit of 287 pounds.
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