Parents of boy who died in fall from park ride awarded £240m compensation

Tyre Sampson fell from the Orlando Free Fall drop tower in Icon Park (Stephen M Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

The parents of a 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from an Orlando amusement park ride in 2022 have won a 310 million US dollar (£243 million) verdict against the attraction’s Austrian builder.

Late on Thursday, the Orange County jury ordered that the manufacturer, Funtime, pay 155 million dollars (£123.5 million) to each of Tyre Sampson’s parents, Nekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson.