Boy, 14, who fell 430ft from Orlando theme park was in modified seat

Investigators in revealed on Monday that the safety sensors on a ride at an Orlando theme park had been modified before a teenager fell to his death.

Tyre Sampson, 14, from St Louis, visited the ICON park with a friend and his family on March 24, and the group decided to ride the Free Fall, which had opened in December.

The ride sees 30 passengers rise up the world's tallest free-standing drop tower, to a height of 430ft.

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