Seat on FreeFall ride was still locked after teen's fatal plunge
“Harness was still in a down and locked position when the ride stopped,” the Fair Rides division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services stated, citing accounts from three park employees.— represented by attorney Benjamin Crump — are still asking if the teen, who weighed well over 300 pounds, should ever have been allowed on the ride in the first place.
“Be careful when seeing if large guests fit into the seats,” a manual for the attraction states. “Check that they fit within the contours of the seat and the bracket fits properly. If this is not so — Do not let this person ride.”Stephen M. Dowell /Orlando Sentinel via APThe guide also states a maximum allowable weight of 287 pounds.
Samson, a promising football player, was staying with the family of friend during his doomed Florida visit. Disturbing video of the accident posted online shows Samson hurtling from the ride as it slowed about two-thirds of the way down.A crowd gathered outside Orlando’s Icon Park on Saturday to honor Tyre Sampson.“And the pain behind it could never be taken away — and sorry’s not gonna take it back and no monies, no nothing in the world to replace the young man,”“And it’s just sad, a young man’s bright future was taken away from him over a ride, an amusement park.
“It felt like somebody hit me so hard in my stomach. I just lost, I lost, lost wind,” Sampson said of his son’s death.
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