PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollywood amusement park in Tennessee mentioned Sunday it has briefly closed a trip evolved through the similar maker of a free-fall trip from which an adolescent dropped to his demise at a Florida appeal.
Dollywood advised The Related Press it was once saddened to listen to in regards to the demise of Tyre Sampson, 14, who government mentioned fell out of a towering amusement trip referred to as Orlando FreeFall at Icon Park in Orlando on Thursday.
Because it waits for extra main points to be recognized in regards to the Florida demise, Dollywood has briefly closed its Drop Line trip “out of an abundance of warning,” the Pigeon Forge amusement park mentioned in an emailed remark.
In a information unencumber posted on its web page, Dollywood mentioned Drop Line is a 230-foot tall tower manufactured through Funtime Rides from Austria.
“Despite the fact that Dollywood does now not have the precise trip concerned on this tragic incident, the protection of our visitors is our best precedence,” Dollywood mentioned.
Investigators had been inspecting what took place when Sampson fell from the 430-foot Orlando FreeFall trip, which is taller than the Statue of Liberty. The trip is positioned alongside a hectic boulevard within the middle of Orlando’s vacationer district, now not some distance from Disney Global.
The Icon Park appeal mentioned in a remark it’s totally cooperating with investigators and that the Orlando FreeFall trip shall be closed indefinitely. It opened past due closing 12 months on World Power, a significant vacationer mecca.