Father of boy killed on amusement park ride speaks out amid wrongful death lawsuit. - TODAYshow
on Monday that targets the park as well as the owner of the Free Fall and the Austrian manufacturer of the ride.
"So I just want America to know that as a father and son, mother, we both dealing with this day-by-day, second-by-second, minute-by-minute, to be honest with you. The best thing to do is to get the ball moving towards the right direction. We can make change together.” The ride drops nearly 400 feet at speeds up to 75 miles an hour. Sampson weighed about 380 pounds, according to his family, which is close to 100 pounds above the stated weight limit for the ride.The lawsuit claims the ride operator “negligently adjusted restraint systems on the Free Fall ride, failed to train their employees, and failed to provide a safe amusement park ride."
ICON Park declined to comment to NBC News about the lawsuit. No representative of Funtime Handels GMBH and Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GMBH, the Austrian company which designed and manufactured the ride, could be reached for comment.
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