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Kansas boy dies on world’s tallest waterslide
Topic Started: Aug 8 2016, 08:01 AM (201 Views)
George K
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Tragedy in Kansas
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Like thousands before them, Kelsey Friedrichsen and Josh Foster had come to ride the Verruckt.

The couple could see it loom over the flat eastern Kansas countryside.

Taller than Niagara Falls.

Named after the German word for “insane.”

The largest waterslide in the world.

It was a warm day and Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan., was busy. But as Friedrichsen and Foster approached the slide Sunday afternoon, they began to sense something was wrong.

Amid an unusually large crowd near the slide was a woman with blood streaking down her face.

“We figured, maybe someone got thrown around on the ride or something,” Foster told KCTV5.

But then they saw a little boy, lying on the ground, not moving.


“That’s when it kicked in,” Foster said. “I started bawling.”

The boy was 10-year-old Caleb Schwab, the son of a state legislator. Police said the death appeared to be an accident. Park officials confirmed Schwab died while riding the Verruckt but did not say how.

According to local TV station KSHB, however, “more than one water park guest” said the harnesses on the ride were not working Sunday.

Details of the incident were still hazy Sunday night.


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https://gizmodo.com/federal-agents-arrest-designer-of-168-foot-water-slide-1824286121
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On Monday, US Marshals arrested Schlitterbahn waterslide designer John Timothy Schooley for charges that include second-degree murder and reckless endangerment of a child. Schooley designed the Verrückt waterslide, the world’s tallest and fastest waterslide, which decapitated a 10-year-old boy in 2016.

The agents apprehended Schooley at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as he was arriving on a flight from China. He was being held without bond in Dallas on Tuesday morning and will likely be extradited to Wyandotte County, Kansas, as the death occurred at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas. Schooley could face up to 41 years in prison if if he is convicted, according to the Associated Press.

Schooley and others connected to the ride were indicted by a Kansas grand jury late last month. Schlitterbahn’s co-owner Jeff Henry and director of operations Tyler Miles were arrested last week. According to the Kansas City Star, the indictment says company management ignored safety standards and the warnings of engineers. It alleges that Schlitterbahn built the slide to woo Travel Channel’s Xtreme Waterparks and covered up injuries.

Verrückt (which means “insane” in German) opened in the summer of 2016. At 168 feet, it was taller than the Statue of Liberty. Gizmodo interviewed Schooley soon after the ride was built. “Basically, we were crazy enough to try anything,” Schooley told Gizmodo in 2014. “We decided to design something entirely new, because we decided to put a three or four man boat down it, and we wanted not only the fastest and steepest water slide going downhill, but we wanted to take it uphill over a hump, to give people a weightless experience going down the other side.”

Schlitterbahn spokesperson Winter Prosapio said that Schlitterbahn will be fighting the charges. “The incident that happened that day was a terrible and tragic accident,” Prosapio told Gizmodo. “We mourn the loss of this child and are devastated for his family. We reiterate that Tyler, Jeff, and John are innocent and that we run a safe operation—our 40 years of entertaining millions of people speaks to that. We are confident that their innocence will be proven in court where we know the facts will show this was an accident.”
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"second-degree murder" - 2 years later.

There is a story there.
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HOLY CARP!!!
"decapitated"?? Wtf?
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There is more to this story than we know.
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George K
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Klaus
Apr 3 2018, 01:07 PM
"decapitated"?? Wtf?
http://www.kctv5.com/story/32728072/source-boy-who-died-at-schlitterbahn-was-decapitated
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George K
Apr 3 2018, 03:37 PM
At least it was a quick death, then.

[tasteless]I wonder how many death sentence convicts would sign up for this execution device if they'd be given the choice[/tasteless]
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