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According to the lawsuit, the ride was the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower at 430 feet. Once the ride reached the top, it tilted forward 30 degrees and fell several hundred feet at ...
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 ...
The family of Tyre Sampson, a 14-year-old who died after falling from an Orlando, Fla. amusement park ride in 2022, has been awarded $310 million.. Sampson, of St. Louis County, Mo., was visiting ...
Three teens were treated at a local hospital and released. [1] To prevent this type of accident from recurring, Intamin doubled the number of anti-rollbacks on the tower and the ride programming was changed so that a car would not enter the elevator shaft until the previous car completes its descent from the tower. This change slightly lowered ...
The Superman: Tower of Power at Six Flags St. Louis was manufactured by Intamin, and was one of Intamin's "Giant Drop" models. Riders sat in open-air ski lift style seats that face away from the tower, leaving their feet dangling. The cars lifted up slowly at first, but quickly accelerated to 12 mph (19 km/h) after leaving the magnetic brakes.
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.
Drop Tower, formerly known as Drop Zone: Stunt Tower, is the name of four drop tower amusement rides located at Six Flags amusement parks in the United States and Canada. A fifth installation which operated at Carowinds closed after the 2024 season.
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.