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 ...

A former maintenance technician alleges he raised safety concerns about the Orlando FreeFall ride weeks before 14-year-old Tyre Sampson’s deadly fall in March 2022. The lawsuit claims he was later ...

The Florida amusement park where a teen fell to his death last week is calling for the owner of the ride, SlingShot Group, to suspend operations "effective immediately" of both the drop tower ride and ...

The teen who died after plummeting from a 430-foot-tall drop-tower in Orlando slipped from his seat about midway down, a law enforcement report released Tuesday revealed. Tyre Sampson died on March 24 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A month after a 14-year-old plummeted to his death from a Florida amusement park ride, his family is suing a bevy of defendants, saying a series of mistakes put visitors in danger and ...

Operations guidelines for Orlando FreeFall, the drop tower ride at ICON Park where a 14-year-old boy died last week, indicates that the boy exceeded the ride’s weight restrictions. According to ...

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 ...

Days after a 14-year-old fell to his death out a 430-foot thrill ride at an Orlando, Fla., theme park, Dollywood has shut down its own version of the ride just in case. “We were deeply saddened to ...

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 ...

ORLANDO -- The seat of a teen who fell to his death from an amusement park ride in Florida last week was still locked, according to an accident report from the state. Tyre Sampson, 14, fell Thursday ...

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.