Orlando Florida. – Inspectors check the FreeFall ride at Icon Park one last time before removing it permanently.
The inspectors are representatives of foreign companies who designed part of the machine for the Tire Sampson, a young man who traveled to Florida who died in March 2022 after falling from the Orlando Free Fall attraction.
Lawyers also said they could reach a possible agreement with the family.
Tire Sampson’s parents, Nekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the owner, manufacturer and contractor who built the ride from which the boy fell to his death, as well as ICON Park, the owner of the property where the free fall tower is located. .
The lawsuit sets out the facts and circumstances of the events that allegedly led to Tyr’s death, including:
- No safety belt or secondary system was used to restrain him during the free fall. Most free fall attractions use seat belts in addition to shoulder harnesses.
- The weight of the tire was significantly over the weight restriction listed in the vehicle manual. No height or weight restrictions were displayed at the ticket office. None of the employees present informed Tire that he was too tall to safely ride the Free Fall ride.
- Defendants allowed the safety harness proximity sensors to be tampered with and tampered with so that the ride could operate without Pull’s harness properly closed.
- The ride and seat manufacturer failed to properly design the ride so that the proximity sensor of the safety harness could not be changed incorrectly and, furthermore, failed to provide warnings about the consequences of the adjustment of harness sensors.
- The tire fell at least 100 feet on hard pavement after being ejected from the ride.