[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A new report revealed an unsettling detail about the events leading up to Tyre Sampson’s theme park death.
As we reported, the 14-year-old plummeted to his death while riding the Orlando Free Fall — the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower at 400 feet — at ICON Park in Florida last month.
Now, details are coming out from the investigation, and it appears Sampson’s seat had been maladjusted before the ride took off.
According to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, investigators found that the drop tower’s operator made manual adjustments to a sensor, making the tower become unsafe.
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