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Verrückt (German meaning "crazy" or "insane", listen ⓘ) was a custom water coaster water slide located at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City water park in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. At the height of 168 feet 7 inches (51.38 m), Verrückt became the world's tallest water slide when it opened on July 10, 2014, surpassing Kilimanjaro at ...
On August 7, 2016, a 10-year-old boy was killed in the park while riding Verrückt, the tallest water slide in the world at the time of the incident. The raft he was riding in went airborne at the top of the second hill, causing it and its riders to collide with metal hoops and netting covering the slide. The boy was decapitated and died instantly.
In November 2012, Schlitterbahn Waterparks announced plans for the world's tallest and fastest water slide, Verrückt. [3] Verrückt was designed by Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry as a three-person raft slide with an uphill section. The initial drop was a 17-story plunge with a five-story uphill section.
The deconstruction of the 17-story slide called Verruckt will start a week after Labor Day and is expected to take about three weeks. Kansas water slide which decapitated 10-year-old Caleb Schwab ...
Caleb Thomas Schwab, 10, died of a neck injury in August 2016 at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City while on the water slide known as the Verruckt. Kansas family wins $20 million ...
The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died of a neck injury while riding the world's tallest water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, police said on Monday.
Caleb Schwab (2016) – Caleb, the 10-year-old son of Kansas state representative Scott Schwab, was decapitated while sliding down the world's tallest water slide at Schlitterbahn Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas.
A body found in a car in east Fort Worth was not decapitated, despite misinformation being shared on social media, police told the Star-Telegram on Thursday.