"The ride was never properly or fully designed to prevent rafts from going airborne," the indictment said. The indictment alleges that a company co-owner and the designer of the Verruckt rushed it into use and had no technical or engineering expertise related to amusement park rides. The charges come after a 19-month investigation into the death of Schwab, the son of Kansas Rep. Scott Schwab. Before the boy's death, Kansas law allowed parks to conduct their own annual inspections of rides. Lawmakers last year nearly unanimously approved stricter, annual inspection requirements for amusement park rides that set qualifications for the inspectors and required parks to report injuries and deaths to the state.

Source: Fox News March 23, 2018 18:20 UTC