
Teen who fell to his death at Florida amusement park exceeded ride's weight limit and died of blunt force trauma, autopsy says
CNN
Tyre Sampson died from blunt force trauma, the autopsy found.
Tyre Sampson died March 24 while visiting ICON Park outside Orlando with family friends. He was a passenger on the Orlando FreeFall drop tower ride, which operators describe as the world's tallest freestanding drop tower. It sends passengers up and then drops them nearly 400 feet at speeds reaching more than 75 mph, according to the park.
The owner's manual for the tower lists the ride's weight limit at 287 pounds. Tyre was just over 6 feet tall and weighed 383 pounds, the autopsy report said.

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