What We Know About the Young Boy Decapitated on the World’s Tallest Water Slide [View all]
Source: Time
Ten-year-old Caleb Schwab was decapitated while riding what has been dubbed the world’s tallest water slide at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, police said.
The case is being investigated as a civil rather than criminal matter, yet details are vague and authorities have disclosed little information about what caused the tragic accident. Questions remain over how exactly Caleb died, including whether the ride or safety equipment — as well as the Velcro straps and belt holding him into the raft — malfunctioned.
Caleb Schwab, the son of a state lawmaker, sustained a fatal “neck injury” at around 2:30 p.m. while riding the 168-foot-tall “Verruckt” (meaning “insane” in German) water slide, the Associated Press reports. Police confirmed to TIME on Tuesday that the boy was decapitated in the accident. He was found dead at the bottom of the ride in a pool.
Schwab boarded the raft with two women who were not related to him, they both suffered minor cuts and scrapes on their face in the incident.
Read more: http://time.com/4444447/caleb-schwab-verruckt-water-slide-death/
The rumor of the cause of death has been circulating on Twitter for days.
There are no Federal regulations for waterparks, and this park was last inspected by the state in 2012 -- two years before it opened. But the owner has said that they delayed the opening in 2014 because of safety changes they made. Why didn't the state re-inspect after the changes?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3730558/Witnesses-day-ten-year-old-boy-DECAPITATED-flew-world-s-tallest-waterslide-fell-safety-net.html
There are no federal inspection laws for waterparks in the U.S., and inspections are handled on a state-by-state basis. State inspectors reportedly last checked the waterpark in 2012, well before the Verruckt opened in 2014.
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