Nikki Fried may recommend law, resource changes after Orlando ride tragedy

At a small community forum to review last March's tragic death of a teenager on the FreeFall ride at ICON Park in Orlando, Agriculture Commissioner...

June 29, 2022
5:06 AM

At a small community forum to review last March's tragic death of a teenager on the FreeFall ride at ICON Park in Orlando, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said she might recommend law and resource changes. Fried stopped short of any specifics, saying that her department's investigation of the March 24 death of Tyre Sampson remains underway, as does his family's wrongful death lawsuit charging negligence by the park, ride operator and manufacturer. While declining to get into specifics of the investigation beyond the preliminary report and appendices posted on-line by her Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection, Fried declared, 'We do not want this to happen again.