That kid was prolly absolutely in terror dying that way gotdamn
Word on the street is he was decapitated by the nets after flying out the tube
I pray he didn't go out like that
Bad day for everyone near that ride that day: family, riders in the raft with the boy, and people near the pool at the bottom. He had to hit the safety net and bounce back down the slide.
Ten-year-old boy DECAPITATED on waterslide
Witnesses have described the gruesome scenes at a Kansas theme park where a boy, 10, was decapitated when he was thrown out of a waterslide's raft and into the safety netting above.
Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of a Kansas state legislator, was killed while riding the 168-foot-tall Verruckt ride at Schlitterbahn Waterpark - the world's tallest - on Sunday, August 7th.
Esteban Castaneda, who was at the Kansas City waterpark, told
ABC 7 he heard loud booms coming from the ride before noticing a body wash down after a raft.
When he ran forward to help, he saw a lifeguard desperately trying to hold back a gathering crowd.
As he looked down, he says he saw the young boy who appeared to have been decapitated.
Two women, still strapped into the raft, were injured with another witnesses describing one as having blood pouring down her face.
One of those women's jaw was broken and the other had a broken face bone, according to reports.
They have not been named but one woman described it as the 'worst day of her life.'
In a worrying development, the waterslide has reportedly never been inspected by the state since opening two years ago.
There are no federal inspection laws for waterparks in the U.S., and inspections are handled on a state-by-state basis. State inspectors reportedly last checked the waterpark in 2012, well before the Verruckt opened in 2014.
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