A rising middle school football player in Missouri, only 14 but already 6 feet, 5 inches tall and well over 300 pounds, Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a towering Florida amusement ride
"This young man, he was athletic and he was big. He had no way of knowing," said Bob Hilliard, a Texaswho represents Tyre's mother, Nekia Dodd, in an interview Saturday."This is going to be an issue of a lack of supervision and lack of training. A straight-up negligence case."
The ride takes patrons up to that height, tilts so they face the ground for a moment or two, and then plummets toward the ground at speeds of 75 mph or more., who is working with Hilliard and represents Tyre's father, Yarnell Sampson, said the family is"shocked and heartbroken at the loss of their son."
The Orange County Sheriff's Office and the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which regulates amusement rides in Florida at all but the major theme parks, declined comment Saturday other than to say the investigation is ongoing.attraction said in a statement it is fully cooperating with investigators and that the Orlando FreeFall ride will be closed indefinitely. It opened late last year on International Drive, a major tourist mecca.
Tyre was a giant for his age, already the size of an NFL offensive lineman. His family says he aspired to play pro football, like many kids with athletic ability who see a way to buy their mother a house and lift everyone in the family to a new level.St. Louis Post-DispatchTyre was part of a group called the St. Louis Bad Boyz football club who were in Orlando for a weeklong training camp, the Post-Dispatch reported.
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