Video sent to FOX 13 showed the unidentified man hanging from the Sky Ride on Saturday. Peter Freed, who with his brothers turned the shuttered Lagoon amusement park into a favorite Utah playground and a cultural icon, has died. Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and the author of two books on soccer, The United States of Soccer, and I Believe That We Will Win, both from The Overlook Press. Farmington Police Chief Wayne Hansen said his office was notified Monday morning that the 32-year-old man had passed away. At first, she said she assumed he was a gymnast or it was done as a stunt, 'but then Inoticed he didnt have any equipment that would save him from a fall,' Astilla told Gephart Daily. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, Father of 14-Year-Old Who Died on Florida Ride Is Starting Scholarship with Settlement Money, Parents of 14-Year-Old Boy Who Died in Amusement Park Fall Reach Settlement as Demolition of the Ride Begins, Orlando FreeFall Ride to Be Removed Following Teen's Death: 'It's a Little Piece of Justice,' Says Dad, Family of Teen Who Died After Fall from Fla. Amusement Park Ride Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Safety Sensor on Teen's Harness Was Manually Adjusted on Ride Before Fatal Fall: Officials, 'Multiple Violations' Led to Death of Teen Who Fell from Fla. Amusement Park Ride, Investigators Allege, Dad Learned Son, 14, Died of Fall from Amusement Park Ride on Social Media: 'Hit Me So Hard', Teen Who Fell to His Death from Florida Amusement Park Ride Died of Blunt Force Trauma: Autopsy, Authorities Identify 14-Year-Old Boy Who Died in Amusement Park Fall: 'Terrible Tragedy', 14-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling from Amusement Park Ride in Florida: 'Words Can't Say How We Feel', Woman Dies Saving Fellow Climber from Falling Ice on Frozen Waterfall in Utah, Best Friends, 16 and 17, Die in Crash on the Way to N.Y. Cabin for Spring Break: 'We Are All Reeling', 2 Juveniles Arrested in Murders of 3 Fla. Lagoon was given authorization by authorities to reopen the ride Sunday., Leishman later added that authorities took statements from many, many eye witnesses and that the park is waiting for them to give us a full accounting of their discoveries.. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. She said she has been haunted by the incident ever since, wondering what would have happened if he hadn't ridden alone, or if anything at all could have been done to save him. She walked over to the scene, she said, and saw many people trying to help the man, with paramedics and authorities arriving on the scene quickly. The man was flown via helicopter to University of Utah Hospital; but on Monday Farmington Police Chief Wayne Hansen confirmed he had died from his injuries. "We don't know why he did that or what was going on. 'It would appear he did something to get around that. Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com Adam Leishman, a spokesperson for the park reached by the Daily Dot via email, repeated the statement in the Facebook post and added, The incident is under investigation by local authorities and Lagoon is cooperating with that investigation.
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