TYRE SAMPSON

The father of a Missouri teenager killed after falling from a towering Florida amusement park ride said Monday that he fears his son’s death will be forgotten, with tragic consequences for future ride patrons.

Sampson said he is fearful this might happen again.

A 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from an Orlando thrill ride in March was nearly 100 pounds over the weight limit of the attraction, according to an autopsy report released by the Orlando medical examiner’s office Monday.

A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from a 430-foot drop-tower ride in central Florida’s tourist district appeared to slip out of his seat at the halfway mark of its plunge to the ground.

The parents of a 14-year-old Missouri boy who was killed while riding a 430-foot drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park say their son’s death was preventable.

The family alleges the ride's owner, manufacturer and landlord were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride.

The parents of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from a 430-foot drop-tower ride in central Florida’s tourist district have sued its owner, manufacturer and landlord, claiming they were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride.

A ride safety expert said that “someone killed” the teenager who died after falling off an amusement park ride in Florida, and believes charges should be filed in the teen's his death.

An investigation into the accidental death of a Black teen in an Orlando, Florida, amusement park has found a park employee tampered with the ride’s […]

The gap between the safety harness and the seat Tyre Sampson fell from was over twice as large as the gap seen in other seats on the same ride.

An independent forensic engineering firm hired in the investigation into a teen’s fatal fall from an Orlando drop tower found the operator of the thrill ride manually adjusted the sensors in the seat he was in, which made the ride unsafe.

Sensors on a Florida amusement park ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats, resulting in a 14-year-old boy not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to his death, according to an initial report released Monday by outside engineers. The average opening for restraints on the seats on the 430-foot (131-meter), free-fall amusement park ride located in the heart of Orlando's tourist district was 3.3 inches (8.3 centimeters). An inspection of the seats showed that sensors used to activate safety lights on the two seats, indicating the harness safety restraints were in place, had been adjusted to allow for the wider openings.

It looks like karma has caught up with Lewishena Browning, aka “Shay Johnson.” As Blavity previously reported, a 14-year-old named Tyre Samspon recently lost his life at ICON Park in Orlando, Florida.

Attorneys representing the family of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall attraction visited the ride Tuesday morning.

Inspectors were back at the Orlando FreeFall thrill ride at Icon Park on Monday, testing it yet again and sending the ride carriage into the air, even while leaving the seats on the ground and raising only the top half of the carriage.

14-year-old Tyre Sampson from St. Louis, Missouri, fell to his death in a freak accident on a 430ft high ride at the ICON Park, Orlando, Florida.

While preparing to lay to rest their loved one after a tragic accident, the family of Tyre Sampson has made a statement about someone claiming […]

A forensic engineering firm has been hired to assist in the investigation into the death of a 14-year-old boy who fell from an Orlando drop tower attraction last week, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Nikki Fried said at a news conference Friday.

Eyewitness News has uncovered that a woman who has claimed to be a family member of the 14-year-old who fell from a ride at ICON Park has no ties to the family.

Bracy said Tyre Sampson’s death was premature, an “unconscionable and avoidable tragedy.”

The ride's manufacturer says no one weighing more than 286 pounds should be allowed on. Tyre Sampson weighed over 300.

Guests should be aware of their surroundings and if they see something, they should say something.

State investigators released nearly 200 pages of records Monday evening, detailing exactly how attendants were supposed to operate Orlando FreeFall.

New documents reveal what may have gone wrong when a 14-year-old fell from an Orlando thrill ride and died last week.

A prayer vigil is being held Monday for the 14-year-old boy who died after falling from a drop tower at ICON Park along International Drive.

He described it as the worst day of his life.

Tyre Sampson was describes as "an honor roll student, an aspiring athlete and a kind-hearted person."

The Tennessee amusement park says its Drop Line is a 230-foot tall tower made by Funtime Rides from Austria. So was the Orlando ride where a teen fell to his death.

The memorial for Tyre Sampson continues to grow larger and so do the calls for accountability. Sampson’s family, as well as people passing by, having been signing a poster spreading thoughts of love and demanding the free fall ride be shut down.

A rising middle school football player in Missouri, only 14 but already 6 feet, 5 inches tall and well over 300 pounds, Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a towering Florida amusement ride.

Attorneys Ben Crump and Bob Hilliard have been hired on retainer to represent the family of Tyre Sampson, 14, who fell to his death Thursday night from the Orlando Free Fall at ICON Park, according to a news release.

Orlando SentinelThe Missouri father of the 14-year-old boy who died while on an amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday said his son knew he was in danger—and he wants to make sure no other child feels like that again. “He was panicking when he was going up,” Yarnell Sampson, the dad of Tyre Sampson, told WOFL. “He was explaining to his friend next to him, ‘I don’t know man. If I don’t make it down, please tell my Mom and Daddy I love them.’ For him to say something like that, he mu

"Why doesn't this have a little click to it, like a seatbelt?" the person said.

A 14-year-old boy died late Thursday in a fall from a thrill ride in the Orlando tourist district, deputies said.