Officer Cameron Morgan, a Kansas City, Kan., police spokesman, said investigators were treating Caleb's death as a “civil matter” rather than a criminal one and referred questions to the park. A Kansas thrill ride billed as the world's tallest waterslide remained off-limits Monday as authorities pressed to figure out how a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son died from a neck injury while riding it. Emergency responders arrived to find the boy dead in a pool at the end of the ride, according to the statement, which offered no further details. The women suffered minor facial injuries and were treated at a hospital, police said. Riders on the Verruckt waterslide at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 09, 2016 00:23 UTC