[FONT="]Several passengers who rode the waterslide where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated Sunday said that the ride’s Velcro-like straps would come loose, and that at least one lifeguard claimed they were just for show.
[/FONT][FONT="]It's unclear whether the straps on "Verruckt" - German for "insane" - played any role in the death of Caleb Schwab, a Kansas lawmaker's son. Police and the Schlitterbahn WaterPark have yet to explain exactly how Caleb died on the 168-foot-tall ride, which the park said Tuesday would be closed for the remainder of the season.[/FONT]
Boy decapitated on Kansas waterslide; passengers claim it was clearly unsafe | Fox News
Just... AWFUL. Seriously. Prayers to the family. Big time.
Boy decapitated on Kansas waterslide; passengers claim it was clearly unsafe | Fox News
Just... AWFUL. Seriously. Prayers to the family. Big time.
They had something like this at King's Island (near Cincinnati) when I was a kid, except you weren't in a tube. It wasn't quite as tall, but there was definitely the occasional similar tragedy on it, though usually the explanation was that someone tried to stand up and ending up hitting their head on the tube at the end.
Of course, one's risk assessment is usually **** when one is a kid, so I went on the damned thing as many times as I could....
(Similarly, there was a fatal accident on a ride called "The Vortex". What did my friend and I do? Go the second it re-opened and took it for hours straight, since the lines were about 3 minutes long, rather than the usual 40-90m)
They are building these big water slides all over the world. This is hardly an extreme example:
It was reported the minimum age for this ride was 13 but somebody let the 10 year old ride.
Doesn't even look that radical.
Poor kid, poor parents.
Fox News reported he died of a broken neck, not being decapitated.
I wonder which is true.
Broken neck.
They are building these big water slides all over the world. This is hardly an extreme example:
That's definitely more believable.
Fox News reported he died of a broken neck, not being decapitated.
I wonder which is true.
Caleb Schwab: What We Know About the Water Slide DeathPolice 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.
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Witness Kelsey Friedrichsen said she was about to ride the waterslide when she saw emergency responders below covering the boy and attending to the two injured. “It looked like he must have somehow been ejected from his seat, bounced around between the netting and the slide and just slid down,”
Fox News reported he died of a broken neck, not being decapitated.
I wonder which is true.
Boy decapitated on Kansas waterslide; passengers claim it was clearly unsafe | Fox News
Just... AWFUL. Seriously. Prayers to the family. Big time.
Velcro like straps?!
That should be a conventional harness with a buckle
Broken neck.
"Decapitation" usually means that they found the head and the body in different places. I'd think it would be pretty clear if that happened.
Velcro like straps?!
That should be a conventional harness with a buckle
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