Family of teen who died on Florida’s ICON Park ride want it closed permanently

As extra individuals present as much as pay their respects to the Missouri teen who died after falling from a journey at Orlando’s ICON Park, the variety of signatures on a petition to close the journey down for good continues to develop. 

“My cousin misplaced his life over this journey. I don’t really feel prefer it was secure. I really feel prefer it must be shut down earlier than another person’s household has to undergo what we’re going by,” 14-year-old Tyre Sampson’s cousin advised FOX 35 Orlando.  

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Investigators proceed to look at what occurred Thursday evening when Sampson dropped out of his seat from a 430-foot, free-fall amusement park journey that’s taller than the Statue of Liberty alongside a busy avenue within the coronary heart of Orlando’s vacationer district not removed from Disney World.

Legal professionals for his household need to know if negligence about his dimension, or different elements, performed a task.

Amusement park guests had been in shock after seeing a teenage boy die after falling off of one of many park’s rides.
(Fox 35)

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“This younger man, he was athletic, and he was large. He had no method of understanding,” stated Bob Hilliard, a Texas legal professional who represents Tyre’s mom, Nekia Dodd, in an interview Saturday. “That is going to be a problem of an absence of supervision and lack of coaching. A straight-up negligence case.”

Tyre was a part of a bunch referred to as the St. Louis Unhealthy Boyz soccer membership who had been in Orlando for a week-long coaching camp, the Put up-Dispatch reported. The group had chaperones and, by all accounts, had been doing what hundreds of thousands do yearly throughout spring break in Orlando: having fun with the theme parks and rides.

Teen dies after fall from drop tower journey at Orlando’s ICON PARK, authorities say
(FOX 35)

A neighborhood balloon launch is about to happen at 6 p.m. Monday evening in entrance of the journey. 

The Related Press contributed to this report.