The seat of a teen who fell to his demise from an amusement park experience in Florida final week was nonetheless locked, in response to an accident report obtained by CNN that's primarily based on experience worker witnesses. (Josh duLac/CNN)
The seat of a teen who fell to his demise from an amusement park experience in Florida final week was nonetheless locked, in response to an accident report from the state.
Tyre Sampson, 14, fell Thursday from the FreeFall drop tower that takes riders up 430 ft after which drops at speeds of as much as 75 mph, in response to ICON Park in Orlando, the place the incident occurred.
Sampson got here out of the seat when the magnets engaged to sluggish the experience throughout the descent, in response to the report, which was primarily based on experience worker witnesses and was obtained by CNN.
"Harness was nonetheless in a down and locked place when the experience stopped," stated the report from the Truthful Rides division of the Florida Division of Agriculture and Client Companies.
The report named three witnesses, all listed as workers.
There are additionally questions round whether or not the teenager might have been too massive to be allowed on the experience.
Sampson's father, Yarnell Sampson, raised that query Friday, telling CNN: "My son was 6'5", 340. So, he is a giant man."
The experience's Operations & Upkeep Handbook, which has been posted on-line by the Florida Division of Agriculture and Client Companies, signifies the utmost passenger weight is 130 kilograms (roughly 287 kilos).
"Watch out when seeing if massive company match into the seats. Test that they match throughout the contours of the seat and the bracket matches correctly. If this isn't so - Don't let this individual experience," the guide states.
It isn't clear if Sampson match the contours of the seat or if the bracket match correctly.
CNN has reached out to the experience operator, Slingshot Group and ICON Park to ask whether or not Sampson match correctly.
Video circulating on social media, purportedly of the ICON Park incident, exhibits an individual falling from their seat about 5 seconds into the experience's drop, maybe about two-thirds of the way in which down, because the experience slowed because it approached the bottom.
The accident continues to be underneath investigation, and the FreeFall experience is closed for now.
The Orange County Sheriff's Workplace can be investigating the demise. No felony prices have been filed however the investigation remained open, the sheriff's workplace stated Friday.
ICON Park on Monday stated it has demanded that Slingshot Group droop one other of its rides on the park, the Orlando SlingShot, "till such time as an intensive investigation by the suitable authorities has been accomplished and all events are glad that the rides are protected for the general public," the park landlord stated in a press release.
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