Teenager falls to death from Florida amusement park ride

A teenage boy plummeted to his dying Thursday night time from an amusement park experience at Orlando’s Icon Park. 

Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace officers confirmed to FOX 35 that the 14-year-old was transported to a hospital, the place he later succumbed to his accidents. 

Authorities reportedly stated the 911 name got here in simply earlier than 11:15 p.m. ET.

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The station added that witnesses on the scene informed deputies somebody had fallen off the Orlando Free Fall experience at Icon Park, and that the sheriff’s workplace stated the experience will stay closed through the investigation.

The boy’s title has not been launched.

John Stine, the director of gross sales and advertising and marketing for the Slingshot Group of Corporations, informed Spectrum 13 that the boy had been secured within the seat however that he didn’t know if the boy got here free from the security harness. 

Spectrum 13 famous a video despatched in seems to indicate the teenager slipping from his seat.

“We function the experience with all the security precautions in thoughts. All the things is in place and that is why we’re doing this investigation,” Stine informed FOX 35.

In keeping with the I-Drive Orlando web site, the Florida attraction stands 430 toes tall and sends riders free-falling at 75 mph.

It may well maintain as much as 30 passengers, sending riders falling almost 400 toes at a 30-degree tilt. 

In an October information launch, Icon Park stated it’s the “world’s tallest free-standing drop tower.”

The attraction opened in December, alongside the Orlando Slingshot. 

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In a information convention, Stine stated that the experience would stay closed “indefinitely.” 

“Once more, our hearts are damaged for the household of that younger man,” he stated, in line with WFTF in Orlando. “And once more, we will do every thing we are able to to work with the investigative authorities to get to the matter of this.”

A employee died in 2020 whereas performing upkeep on a distinct attraction at Icon Park. 

In keeping with the Orlando Sentinel, 21-year-old Jacob Kaminsky died in September 2020 after falling about 50 or 60 toes from the StarFlyer experience.