ORLANDO, Fla. - Commissioner Nikki Fried promised a "complete and thorough investigation" into how a 14-year-old teenager fell from the Orlando FreeFall drop tower last week at ICON Park, but also emphasized that her agency would not jump to any conclusions until that investigation was completed and the report is released.She also said the agency hired Quest Engineering, a forensic engineering and analysis firm, to help with their investigation into how Tyre Sampson fell to his death while he was on the ride last Thursday, March 24, 2022.CONTINUING COVERAGE: ICON Park Death Investigation"We are fully committed to finding out what happened so we can better prevent such tragedies from happening in the future – and that’s why we will not be jumping to any conclusions before the information is provided to us and we know all the facts," she said at a Friday afternoon press conference, which came eight days after Sampson’s death.Sampson was visiting Orlando with another family from St.
Louis, Missouri, according to his family. Thursday night, he and friends went on Orlando FreeFall, a vertical ride that takes people some 400 feet into the air and then free-falls several hundred feet to the ground.As the ride was in free-fall and after the magnets engaged, Sampson fell off the ride and onto the ground.
He later died at the hospital."When you send your children away for Spring Break or from your hometown, you certainly want them to enjoy the area where they’re traveling and you expect them to return safely," said Florida Representative Geraldine Thompson, whose district includes Orlando.RELATED: Teen falls from Florida ride: Video shows moments leading up to deadly plungeShe said she’s been in talks with the family’s lawyer and.