The newspaper reported that the civil settlement was with the “owners and operators of the park” as well as the raft manufacturer. “The Schwab family remains determined to hold all those responsible for this tragedy accountable, while doing all they can to ensure this never happens again to another family,” the family’s attorneys said in a statement emailed to The Washington Post. He died while riding the 17-story "Verrückt," advertised as the "world's tallest water slide." (Reuters)Caleb Schwab died in August 2016 while he was riding the Verrückt waterslide, which was billed as the world’s tallest. The slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kan., was 17 stories, and got its name from the German word for insane.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2017 18:40 UTC