PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. -- Dollywood is temporarily closing its drop tower attraction after a boy fell to his death from a similar type of ride by the same manufacturer at a park in Orlando, a spokesman ...
Maintenance technician Austin Campbell-Alexander outlines the concerns in a whistleblower lawsuit filed Wednesday. Icon Park attractions The Wheel, left, Orlando SlingShot, middle, and Orlando Free ...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The family of the teenager who died after falling from an amusement park ride in Florida told "Good Morning America" that his death was preventable. "This could've been prevented ...
“We are heartbroken by the loss of Tyre Sampson and absolutely devastated for his family and loved ones," Armstrong said. "We have suspended the operations of the Free Fall ride and the Slingshot ride ...
A former maintenance technician has filed a lawsuit saying he had raised safety concerns about the free-fall ride at a Florida amusement park before a Missouri teenager fell off and plunged to his ...
A former maintenance technician has filed a lawsuit saying he had raised safety concerns about the free-fall ride at a Florida amusement park before a Missouri teenager fell off and plunged to his ...
An Orlando amusement park technician flagged that operators of the FreeFall ride were manually overriding sensors to allow riders that didn’t meet the height and weight requirements, leading to a teen ...
ORLANDO, Fla. - A father wants to know why his child died while visiting an Orlando amusement ride. Yarnell Sampson said his 14-year-old son, Tyre, was visiting Orlando from St. Louis through a ...
RIGHT NOW. FIRST AT TEN A FORMER RIDE OPERATOR FOR THE ORLANDO FREEFALL CLAIMS THE COMPANY BEHIND THE RIDE IGNORED SAFETY MEASURES LEADING UP TO THE DEATH OF A 14 YEAR-OLD TYREE SAMPSON. I’M JESSE ...
ORLANDO, Fla. - A 14-year-old boy tragically fell to his death from a ride at Orlando's ICON Park on Thursday night. Witnesses shared video exclusively with FOX 35 of the moments right before he fell.
A maintenance technician repeatedly flagged safety issues with an Orlando free fall ride that continued to operate anyway, then a 14-year-old boy fell out and died, according to a Florida lawsuit. The ...