On a Sunday in August, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab left church with his family and headed to the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan. Police said the boy died from a “fatal neck injury,” reported the Kansas City Star. [‘Insane’ tragedy: Kansas boy dies on world’s tallest waterslide]The ride was shuttered at the time, but it has been unclear what the waterslide’s fate would be since the park closed for the season earlier this fall. “It’s dangerous, but it’s a safe dangerous now,” ride co-creator and Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry told the newspaper in July 2014. “Schlitterbahn is a family water park, but this isn’t a family ride.
Source: Washington Post November 23, 2016 12:19 UTC