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Abigail O'Leary & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Teen boy dies after falling from ICON Park ride in front of horrified onlookers

A teenage boy has died after falling from a theme park drop tower ride.

Shocking footage captured the moment the 14-year-old victim plunged from The Orlando Free Fall in Florida to the screams of horrified onlookers.

Emergency services raced to the scene and the youngster was taken to hospital, where he believed to have tragically died.

Police were notified of the upsetting incident at ICON Park just after 11pm on Thursday, according to the Mirror.

According to the ICON Park website, The Orlando Free Fall is the world's tallest free-standing drop tower at 430 feet and fits a maximum of 30 riders.

ICON Park is also home to the Orlando Slingshot - the tallest slingshot ride in the world.

Riders are rotated around a tower as they rise up into the air.

The tragic teen plunged from The Orlando Free Fall at ICON Park Orlando, Florida (Handout)
An aerial view of The Wheel at ICON Park, Florida. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Last year Dawn Jankovic, 47, was found unresponsive next to her 17-year-old son on The Voyage ride at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari theme park in Santa Claus, Indiana, on June 4.

The woman, from Ohio, was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.

Despite doctor's best efforts, she could not be saved.

After an autopsy, Dubois County Coroner Katie Schuck said the three causes of death were a combination of internal bleeding, the tearing of an artery and the force of the rollercoaster.

"It was just a reaction her body had from riding the ride. It had nothing to do with a malfunction or anything, as far as safety and that type of thing."

The coroner said: "It had nothing to do with the ride itself, but it basically was just the force.

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