“The ride was allowed to commence, even though the ride was unsafe and led directly to his fall,” Fried said Tuesday. The seat sensors normally would not let the ride function unless they indicated each seat’s harness is lowered to a point where it should secure a rider – but the adjustment of the sensor in Tyre’s seat, as well as a similar adjustment on a second seat, allowed the ride to operate with a greater gap than normal between harness and seat, the report by Quest Engineering and Failure Analysis Inc. That was primarily because a seat sensor had been adjusted to let the ride operate with a greater gap than normal between his harness and his seat, the report found.
The complaint cites an initial report by a forensic engineering firm commissioned by Florida officials to investigate the incident that found Tyre fell from the ride because he was not properly secured. Representatives of the company and attorneys for Tyre’s family did not immediately respond when asked for comment Tuesday. Orlando FreeFall ride will be taken down after teen's death, operator says Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Willie J.
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Kings Island also has its own security force - including a camera system - and works closely with local law enforcement to maintain a safe environment for guests.įor safety reasons, said Kings Island Spokesman Chad Showalter, park officials do not publicly discuss details regarding its various security personnel, systems or strategies.Close up view of the Orlando Free Fall off of International Drive on Friday morning, hours after a 14-year-old boy fell to his death from the ride, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. For your protection, each ride is rated for its special features, such as high speeds, steep drops, sharp turns, or other dynamic forces,” said officials. “There are inherent risks in riding any amusement ride. “Many rides at Kings Island are dynamic and thrilling,” according to a statement from park officials listed in the ride safety information provided to all guests. Moreover, guests are encouraged to access online a guide to thrill level of rides - with a rating of one being the lowest and five the highest - to further their safe enjoyment of park rides. Park ride attendees, signage and announcements alert riders to the severity of the physical jostling of each ride, including warnings for those pregnant, suffering high blood pressure or heart, back or neck trouble and those with recent surgeries to avoid riding. Visitor safety has always been the top priority, said Kings Island officials.Īs the park’s many thrill rides became more dynamic during the last half-century, so too has the park’s sophistication in applying detailed safety measures to ensure all riders are of the proper ages and heights so to remain securely safe on each ride. Explore Ohio State Fair accident: Other serious events at fairs or on rides in Ohioīut these incidents - taking place among the millions who have visited the Warren County amusement park during the last 50 years - are as rare as they are horrific. The ride was subsequently closed for alterations.
In 2006, a total of 27 people were injured when a car on the Son of Beast ride hit a span of track that had separated where timbers splintered on the giant wooden roller coaster in July 2006. In a separate incident the same evening, according to AP, a woman was killed in a fall from the Flight Commander ride shortly before the park was to close at 10 p.m.Īnd in 1983 a high school student climbed over a security fence on the park’s Eiffel Tower replica and died after falling down the tower’s elevator shaft.Īnd in the early 1970s a park employee working in Kings Island’s former “Lion Country Safari” was killed by animals - out of sight of park guests - in the outdoor exhibit area. A later investigation by park officials and police revealed an exposed electrical line in the pond had killed the two men.
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