Kansas boy, 10, died of neck injury while riding 'world's tallest' waterslide
by Associated Press in Kansas City, Missouri from US news | The Guardian on (#1PYV5)
Details remain murky about what exactly happened to Caleb Thomas Schwab, son of Republican state lawmaker Scott Schwab, while riding on Sunday
A Kansas waterslide billed as the world's tallest remained off-limits as authorities pressed to figure out how a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son died of a neck injury while riding it.
Details remained murky about what happened on Sunday to Caleb Thomas Schwab on the 168-foot-tall "Verruckt" - German for "insane" - that since its debut two years ago has been the top draw at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City.
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