An investigation found that the ride's operator had made 'manual adjustments' to the sensor on the seat where 14-year-old Tyre Sampson was sitting, which allowed the harness restraint opening to be almost double that of the normal restraint opening range.
The report from outside engineers hired to help investigate the accident was released Monday.
It says the average opening for restraints on the seats on the 430-foot free-fall ride was 3.3 inches."These misadjustments allowed the safety lights to illuminate, improperly satisfying the ride's electronic safety mechanisms that allowed the ride to operate, even though Mr. Sampson was not properly secured in his seat," Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said.
Sampson was a rising middle school football player in Missouri. He was only 14-years-old but already 6 feet, 5 inches tall and well over 300 pounds. State Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, said Monday the maximum weight limit for the Drop Tower FreeFall ride is 250 pounds per seat. Lawyers for his family want to know if negligence about his size, or other factors, played a role in the boy's death.
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