Verruckt is one of the water park. It was a simple three point automobile style belt with velco closure.
Matt hess says his harness broke as he.
Verruckt slide accident. Unfortunately a 10 year old boy died on the prototype ride in 2016 and the tragic accident garnered even more publicity. When it opened in 2014 at schlitterbahn kansas city verruckt was the worlds tallest and fastest water slideit generated a lot of buzz.
The more im looking at this the more horrified i am. I am certainly not an expert and ive never even been to that water park but i can try to summarize what happened based on what ive read and watched via the news media.
The restrain system was insufficient for the forces involved. A year before 10 year old caleb schwab died on a water slide another visitor says his harness snapped off on the ride leaving him holding on for dear life.
There are reports that failure had happened prior. While riding the fifty metre verruckt water slide one of.
Police confirmed to time on tuesday that the boy was decapitated in the accident. At 168 feet 7 inches 5138 m verruckt was the worlds tallest water slide when it opened in 2014.
We now know why a 10 year old died on the verruckt water slide in kansas our thoughts and prayers are with the schwabs after their 10 year old son died in a tragic water slide accident. At this point what happened is actually just speculation because the author.
Verruckt was a water slide at the schlitterbahn kansas city water parkit was permanently closed after decapitating a ten year old. On the 7th of august 2016 10 year old caleb schwab was enjoying a day out at the schlitterbahn vacation village theme park in kansas.
He was found dead at the bottom of the ride in a pool.
