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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Aug 7 (Reuters) - The young son of a Kansas lawmaker died at a popular water park in Kansas City on Sunday in an apparent accident on what has been dubbed the world's tallest water slide ...
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.
Schwab's 10-year-old son, Caleb, died after being decapitated on August 7, 2016 in an accident on the Verrückt water slide at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City waterpark. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The family received a reported $20 million settlement. [ 22 ]
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.
On July 1, 2000, a 6-year-old boy fell into the lake when the tube he had used on the Lake Plunge water slide overturned. The boy was found unconscious after a twenty-minute search and died six days later as a result of the injuries. In response, Lake Compounce made stricter safety precautions and made life jackets a requirement for children. [203]