The death of a 10-year-old at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas was even more devastating than could have been imagined — with witnesses confirming that tragic child Caleb Schwab was decapitated while riding down the 168-foot-tall Verrückt slide! As originally reported by The National ENQUIRER, people at the popular Kansas City resort had described a bloody scene where park employees had found Caleb dead after his body flew off the deadly structure in August 2016. Now an attorney for the park has announced that the closed structure will finally be dismantled a week after Labor Day — but the following video remains to show the child’s cause of death…
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As seen in this point-of-view footage from the ride, there were several gaps in the netting that surrounds the slide — which was advertised as being a greater drop than when going over Niagara Falls!
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Regular visitors to the park said that the rafts would go over 65 miles per hour in the descent. Witnesses said Caleb flew out of the raft and hit the netting before falling 50 feet to the ground. Officials only said that the child had suffered a "fatal neck injury at the end of the ride."
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There were two women in the raft with Caleb, with witnesses saying they were left covered in blood — and one had a broken jaw. Caleb was the son of Kansas Rep. Scott Schwab, one of many lawmakers at the resort to celebrate Elected Official Day.
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The Verrückt slide had a notoriously difficult path to its final design. Rafts went flying out of the slide during the initial testing, and the Schlitterbahn staffers eventually only tested the slide at night. The resort has been sued three times for negligence since 2014 — and a May 2018 audit identified 11 violations of the Kansas Amusement Ride Act as the park prepared to re-open.
As seen in this point-of-view footage from the ride, there were several gaps in the netting that surrounds the slide — which was advertised as being a greater drop than when going over Niagara Falls!
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Regular visitors to the park said that the rafts would go over 65 miles per hour in the descent. Witnesses said Caleb flew out of the raft and hit the netting before falling 50 feet to the ground. Officials only said that the child had suffered a "fatal neck injury at the end of the ride."
Photo credit: Getty Images
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There were two women in the raft with Caleb, with witnesses saying they were left covered in blood — and one had a broken jaw. Caleb was the son of Kansas Rep. Scott Schwab, one of many lawmakers at the resort to celebrate Elected Official Day.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The Verrückt slide had a notoriously difficult path to its final design. Rafts went flying out of the slide during the initial testing, and the Schlitterbahn staffers eventually only tested the slide at night. The resort has been sued three times for negligence since 2014 — and a May 2018 audit identified 11 violations of the Kansas Amusement Ride Act as the park prepared to re-open.
