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Tyre Sampson was visiting ICON Park in Orlando from suburban St. Louis on March 24, 2022, when he fell to his death from the FreeFall ride, manufactured by Austria-based Funtime-Handels, according ...
Tyre Sampson, an eighth grader and budding football player, died on March 24 following a fatal fall from the drop tower in ICON Park, located in Orlando’s tourism district.
The older Sampson and Dodd filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Funtime, owner-operator Slingshot Group and ICON Park in April 2022, a month after the caught-on-video death. The family settled ...
[18] [19] On October 6, 2022, it was announced that the Orlando Free Fall tower would be dismantled. [20] The owner plans to have the demolition finished by the anniversary of the victim’s death. [21] On September 5, 2022, a drop tower in India failed to slow down then crashed to ground, injuring 16. [22]
A Florida jury has awarded $310m to the family of a 14-year-old who fell hundreds of feet to his death from an amusement park ride over two years ago.. The sum was awarded to the parents of Tyre ...
Icon Park, originally named I-Drive 360 until 2018, is an entertainment complex in Orlando, Florida, that has been operating since 2015.The complex is on 20 acres (8 ha) and has about 9 feature attractions, including a 400-foot (120 m) observation wheel, a slingshot ride, a Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, and a Sea Life aquarium (not to be confused with SeaWorld Orlando).
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Shay Johnson last spoke with her cousin Tyre Sampson, the 14-year-old killed after falling from a drop tower at ICON Park last Thursday, he was about to board the ride after ...
Fourteen-year-old Tyre Sampson died after slipping out of his seat while on the Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park on March 24, 2022, falling more than 100 feet to his death, according to the lawsuit.