Tyre Sampson, a high school football player from St. Louis, had been turned away from two other rides, relatives said.
last week said that he had been turned away from two other attractions the same night because of his weight.
Tyre Sampson’s family is asking why attendants at the FreeFall ride at ICON Park in Orlando allowed him to get on the ride when he was about 50 pounds heavier than its published weight limit. “I would want for y’all to hurt his little feelings and tell him not to get on,” a cousin told NBC affiliateRelatives, including father Yarnell Sampson and cousinthat the teenager called her Thursday and told her “he really wanted to ride the swing,” a ride ICON calls StarFlyer, the cousin said.“Then he said he went to the SlingShot,” Johnson said. “They told him he was too big for that .. . Y’all did not let him get on those two, but y’all let him get on that one, being overweight.
“ICON Park is the landlord for the entertainment destination,” Wellons said. “The SlingShot Group is responsible for the operations of the two thrill rides.”“We are heartbroken by the loss of Tyre Sampson and absolutely devastated for his family and loved ones. We are fully cooperating with the authorities at the state and local levels who are investigating this tragic incident,” Ritchie Armstrong, the CEO of the Slingshot Group, said in a statement.
On Monday, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services released documents related to its investigation, including the ride’s operations manual, which says that 286.6 pounds is the maximum weight for each rider. It states that attendants need to pay particular attention to large riders and turn them away if they don’t fit.the ride and “when the magnets engaged, the patron came out of the seat,” the operator said, according to the report.
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