14-year-old, Tyre Sampson, died when he fell from the 430ft (131m) ride that recently opened at Orlando's ICON Park in Florida on Thursday
In video shown by NBC, an employee can be seen shouting"seatbelt! seatbelt!" to passengers as they begin to rise up the tower.
"This is going to be an issue of a lack of supervision and lack of training," he added."A straight-up negligence case."The ride, which opened in December 2021 on International Drive, a major tourist area, will be closed indefinitely, the theme park said.
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