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A 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from an amusement park ride may have been too heavy for the attraction. Tyre Sampson slipped out of his seat and dropped to the ground while riding the 430 ft FreeFall ride at ICON Park Florida on March 24. According to the…
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The mother of Tyre Sampson, the teenager who died after suddenly falling from a Florida amusement park ride, says she does not know the woman who has been claiming to be the cousin of her son in the media. The woman known as Shay Johnson said she was the 14-year-old's…
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The father of a teenager who died after falling from an Orlando amusement park ride has said he first learned of the tragedy through a viral video. In the terrifying clip, 14-year-old Tyre Sampson can be seen plummeting to the ground after slipping out of a free-fall ride at ICON…
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The 14-year-old who fell to his death from an amusement park ride in Florida was locked into his harness before the fall, an accident report states. Last week, Tyre, from Missouri, had been enjoying a night of attractions at the ICON Park on International Drive and ultimately went on one…
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A 911 caller has claimed that the teenager who fell to his death from a free-fall ride at a Florida amusement park ride was not strapped in properly. Tyre Sampson was just 14 years old when he lost his life in the tragic accident at ICON Park last Thursday (March…
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The father of the 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from an Orlando amusement park ride has spoken out about his son's final moments. On Thursday evening, teenager Tyre Sampson passed away after falling from the Orlando Free-Fall ride at ICON Park on Internation Drive. The 430-foot ride was…
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The teenager who plunged to his death during a late-night ride on a 430-foot-tall free fall attraction at a Florida amusement park ride has been identified as 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, The Independent reports. On Thursday, Tyre, from Missouri, had been enjoying a night of attractions at the ICON Park on…
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A teenager has tragically lost his life after falling from a new amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida. As reported by the New York Post, the unnamed 14-year-old was visiting the ICON Park on Internation Drive and opted to take a ride on one of the park's newest attractions -…
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With gas prices spiking, a group of Florida men have been arrested for allegedly taking matters into their own hands. Seven individuals were arrested across the state after being accused of using "homemade" gadgets to hack fuel pumps - meaning they paid a couple of cents per gallon, The Independent…
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A woman in Florida has tragically passed away after the draw bridge she was walking on opened beneath her. As reported by NBC News affiliate WPTV, the older woman - whose name has not been made public - was walking with her bicycle along the Royal Park Bridge on Sunday.…
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The baby son of two Florida deputies who killed themselves within days of each other will be adopted by a close relative. Clayton Osteen, 24, and Victoria Pacheco, 23, were both deputies in the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. Tragically, they both passed away this week, leaving behind a one-month-old…
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Family members have been left stunned after a Florida sheriff's deputy and his girlfriend both killed themselves within days of each other, leaving their six-week-old child orphaned. St. Lucie Sherriff's Office Deputy Clayton Osteen, 24, attempted suicide shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve. He survived the attempt and was…
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A tiger has been fatally shot by a deputy at a zoo in Florida after a cleaning worker was seriously injured after putting his arm through the fence in a bid to pet the animal. Eko, an eight-year-old Malayan tiger, was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy at Naples…
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The moment a Florida man wrangled an alligator before trapping it in a garbage can has been caught on film. After an alligator made its way into one Florida family's yard, brave father and army veteran Abdul Gene Malik knew that he had to take action to protect his Mount…
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A man has claimed that a "family" of bigfoots attacked his friend and ultimately killed his dog. John, whose last name is not known, shared his story on the Sasquatch Chronicles podcast and said that the ordeal began when he and his friend settled into their tents for the night…
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A Florida lawmaker has introduced an anti-abortion bill that's extremely similar to the controversial law on abortion in Texas that bans abortions after six weeks and deputizes citizens to target anyone who assists in one. Republican State Rep. Webster Barnaby filed the bill Wednesday, September 22, presenting the potential law…
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A man has attempted the bizarre stunt of running from Florida to New York inside a giant hamster wheel. Per Fox 35 News, deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff's Department responded to calls from concerned citizens who spotted a strange contraption on the beach in Hammock, near Miami. Deputies soon…
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A mom was outraged to learn that her seven-year-old daughter's softball team was not awarded the same personalized trophies that the boys' division was. Ashlee Partin's seven-year-old daughter Faith and the other little girls on her team were instead given a black drawstring goody bag - despite the fact that…
