Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Florida regulators reveal amusement park ride safety framework

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A Florida House member wants ride weight limits posted. Tyre Sampson, 14, fell off the Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park in March. Officials want to call the bill “Sampson’s Law” Universal Studios. After a teen died after falling from an amusement park ride in March, Florida proposed ride safety regulations. Nikki Fried, Florida’s agriculture … Read more

Teen appeared to fall out of ride halfway through plunge

A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from a 130-meter 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, according to a law enforcement report released on Tuesday. The father of a friend of Tyre Sampson who witnessed … Read more