Story highlights Kansas City water park says it will permanently close the Verrückt water slideCaleb Thomas Schwab, 10, died of a neck injury on the slide in August(CNN) A Kansas City water park will shut down the world's largest water slide in response to an accident that killed a 10-year-old boy in August. Caleb Thomas Schwab, the 10-year-old son of a Kansas state legislator, was killed in August in a water slide accident. "Once the investigation is concluded and we are given permission by the court, Verrückt will be decommissioned -- closed permanently and the slide removed from the tower. In our opinion, it is the only proper course of action following this tragedy," the company said. The Verrückt water slide, named for the German word for "insane," is 168 feet 7 inches tall -- taller than Niagara Falls.

Source: CNN November 23, 2016 16:08 UTC