The ten-year-old son of a United States senator who died on a water slide in Kansas on Sunday suffered a neck injury, according to officials.
Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of Republican Scott Schwab, was riding the 168ft Verrückt ride at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas.
According to a statement from Kansas police, two other women who were in the raft with him suffered facial injuries.
Caleb was discovered “dead from a fatal neck injury at the end of the ride, in the pool.”
Our deepest condolences to the entire Schwab family on their loss. pic.twitter.com/gYiffrxgkA
— Terry Zeigler (@KCKPDChief) August 9, 2016
The slide, which can reach speeds of 80kph, allows adventure seekers to “strap into a three-person raft that will slide down a jaw dropping 168 foot, 7 inch structure, only to be blasted back up a second massive hill and then sent down yet another gut wrenching 50 foot drop”.
It’s listed by Guinness World Records as the world’s tallest waterslide.
It is not yet known whether the occupants of Caleb’s raft met the ride’s weight requirement or the height requirement of 54 inches. The park remains closed as the investigation continues.
