The park has since been shut down while an investigation into the boys death continues. Verruckt is one of the water parks main attractions.
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Verruckt water slide death. A water park and a former employee have been indicted in the death of 10 year old caleb schwab who was decapitated while riding the verruckt waterslide in 2016. Caleb schwab was 1 of 3 passengers riding in a boat on the verruckt water slide on august 7th 2016.
Passengers board a three person raft and experience a 17 story drop before being blasted back up a second massive. 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. The family has started a gofundme page to help pay for funeral costs that can be found below.
Steve castaneda said caleb schwab 10 was riding in the front of the raft on schlitterbahn water parks verruckt slide when he fell out. Verruckt was a water slide at the schlitterbahn kansas city water parkit was permanently closed after decapitating a ten year old.
A 10 year old boy was killed after being thrown off of the worlds biggest water slide. A 10 year old boy died in an accident on the verruckt ride at a kansas waterpark prompting questions about the safety of extreme rides.
The entire slide is covered.
