Child dies at Schlitterbahn in KCK
 

This is horrifying. Supposed to be a press conference soon with more details. Rumors seem to indicate it happened on the Verrukt, the world's tallest waterslide.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boy, 12, killed in accident at Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kan., police say. <a href="https://t.co/Msn6QJO1ZS">https://t.co/Msn6QJO1ZS</a> <a href="https://t.co/gse0gZvIC6">pic.twitter.com/gse0gZvIC6</a></p>&mdash; Alex Johnson (@MAlexJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAlexJohnson/status/762398888233840640">August 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Word is the kid was decapitated. Awful.

OMG. That is awful

Horrible

HOW?

Where on that slide is there a spot for something like that to happen??

Rumor has it the raft caught air and he hit the safety rail and was decapitated

Jesus Christ.

The pictures on twitter are NSFL.

EDIT: Nothing's confirmed. Tweet I saw was an up close picture of what looked like blood on the slide from a firefighter (not even sure if he's local) and he ended up taking it down. There's some conflicting reports about what happened so I won't speculate until we get more clarification.

Link?

Wow.....unreal.

If this is true, ill bet they make major changes to the slide or tear it down.

Very sad.

Ive never ridden this slide, but have rode several other big Schlitterbahn slides at their other parks. Dont really care much for them because they always hurt my back after the initial drop. Always slams my back down hard somewhere.

Holy shit. So sad.

Saw reports the Velcro harness or whatever failed

Heard that. Sad. So damned sad.

It is a velcro harness, I have ridden the thing 4 times. I loved the ride. Sad for the kid and his family.

The only ones I saw had blood on the slide.

Terrible tragedy. Heartbreaking.

Not seeing anything, other than pics from distance of what appears to be blood near the top of the slide.

NSFL = Not Safe for Life?

All i see is a safety net around the top of the whole slide. How did he get decapitated?

RIP young man.

LATE EDIT: Nothing's confirmed. Tweet I saw was an up close picture of what looked like blood on the slide from a firefighter (not even sure if he's local) and he ended up taking it down. There are still a few grainy shots out there but people are disputing that its blood, saying the stain has been there for a while. There's all kinds of conflicting reports about what happened so I won't speculate until we get more clarification.

Had so much ahead of him and he gets robbed because of a supposed fun day at a water park. Not fair. RIP.

It's hard to say.

Dude. Too soon.

If the safety harness failed and the raft caught air, I'm guessing he caught one of the poles holding up the netting.

Heard a girl also lost an eye

There is a video of a run of the ride taken from the POV of a rear facing camera at the feet of the rider. Late in the video, at around the 38 or 39 second mark, there appears to be the beginning of a cage/netting structure that covers a segment of the slide. That's the only point in the ride that I see where a rider could be going fast enough that getting air might lead to a decapitation, and I would imagine that the recirculating pump could bring enough bodily fluid back to the beginning of the ride that there might be a visible red mark of some kind.

The hump in the middle of that thing gave me the willies since the first time I saw it.

What a horrible accident. Thoughts for the family, and the boy.

I see that you are supposed to be at least 14 to ride that thing, too.

There are support hoops the whole way, but only netting on the vertical and hill portion

Anybody ridden this thing?

Actually some other videos I watched do show net the whole way. Must not have been fully installed for the first run I saw

The park better pay up for this family. But they will likely hold his age against him.

Man, what a tragedy. That ride is over. No way they reopen it.

Damn, didnt think about that one.

Really? I would guess weight is more important than age.

I know they wouldnt let my son ride alone at one in Corpus because they required at least two rider and 185+ pounds. Im guessing that varies by ride though...

How could SB verify a child's age? It's not like many of them have ID cards, much less a way to carry them with swim trunks.

KCTV's website has removed the age requirement, I guess.

Who saw this coming?













Oh, everybody? Okay.

Yes.

That poor kid, and I can't even imagine the grief the parents are going through.

The kids that where in line and watched it... That park is done. Probably all around the country. That is some major lawsuit city. Holy crap!

And? Thoughts or opinions as it relates to this story from someone who has ridden it?

That's sad. He wasn't very head strong to ride that slide under age. He'll never grow up to be the head of a major corporation like the one that owns that water park

Only thing I've read so far is a height restriction.


I can relate. (Present when folks were killed). Things happen in an instant & your whole life is never the same.

Dreams, what dreams?

CP is pretty horrible, but this really isn't appropriate. The kid was 12.

In B4 someone gets offended

Too late

Where did the head end up?



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Sue somebody! It's the American way!


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I'd be suing. You bet your ass I'm suing. And BIG.

No longer tall enough to ride the rest of the rides.

Not done at all. Schlitterbahn is a very strong brand.

They might take a financial hit though

Website says they are closed tomorrow. Season passes still on sale!

Schlitterbahn just opened another mega slide this year in Galveston. Worlds tallest apparently?

http://www.schlitterbahn.com/home/ga...onster-blaster

Probably a good PR move.

Hosing the slide off and being open tomorrow would have been a bad look.

could be the end of Schlitterbahn


lawsuit will be humongous

Places like that don't have insurance?

Holy shit. Nightmare scenario come true.

Water coaster. (Think Viking Voyager)

It apparently happened to the son of Representative Scott Schwab. I hope no poor employee was pressured into letting the kid on the ride, I wouldn't want that on my conscience for the rest of my life.

Exactly. Even insurance companies have their own insurance policies in the event a catastrophic event could put them under.

http://fox4kc.com/2016/08/07/boy-12-...hn-water-park/

The park's website said Verrückt is the largest water slide in the world, and riders must be at least 14-years old and at least 54 inches tall. The combined weight of all the people on-board one raft must fall between 400 and 550 pounds. By Sunday evening, Verrückt was no longer listed as an attraction on the park's website.

Sad story..... Not sure a lot of moms will be comfortable letting their kids on that ride from now on....

Wow, how sad.

Load up on some EPR puts?

It's fast and you get a little bit of airtime, not like riding the mamba or something. The velcro straps held my fat butt in there pretty securely.

:eek:

Insane!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s a photo of Caleb Schwab, who died at Schiltterbahn today. <a href="https://t.co/e7SMmJmTfE">pic.twitter.com/e7SMmJmTfE</a></p>&mdash; KCTV5 - Kansas City (@KCTV5) <a href="https://twitter.com/KCTV5/status/762454272957030401">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Name, pic and family
Very sad

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/07...nsas-park.html

Thanks Obama...

So the kid was actually 10 years old, not 12.

Very very sad. My thoughts are with the family.

What those parents are going through.

Hug 'em if you got 'em.

Didn't you have to be 14 years old to ride?

Son of a Kansas lawmaker.

You know Schlitterbahn is gonna pay