Water slide death: Boy, 10, killed in accident on Verruckt, the world’s tallest slide - TomoNews

CORRECTION: This story incorrectly reported that the age limit for the Verruckt ride was 14. It has since emerged that there is no age limit on the ride. The text has been updated to reflect this. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — The 10-year-old son of Kansas lawmaker Scott Schwab, died Sunday in an accident on the 17-story high Verruckt — the world’s tallest water slide, reported the Kansas City Star. Details of the accident at the Schlitterbann Waterpark in Kansas City were not immediately available. According to Reuters, rafts on Verruckt can carry three people who are secured with strapping similar to a car seat belt. The combined weight of riders must be between 400 and 550 pounds. The ride currently has no age limit but previously had an age limit of 14. This was dropped in 2014, reported the Washington Post citing a July 2014 USA Today article. The top of the slide is secured with netting and riders descend at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour. The descent takes around 15 to 20 seconds, reported Reuters. ----------------------------------------­--------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus

Comments

1. How would a 10 year old look like a 10 year old ?
2. So sad 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
3. why
4. oh my God so sad
5. That's scary :(
6. hi
7. Verruckt? Like..
   
   
   
   
   ZAOMBIES!
8. you thought he was having fun until this happened
9. oh, really its sad to see that the boy died! =( i just can belive that his mom and dad cried VERY VERY VERY much! cause i also cried. ='/
10. who cares?! i want to see him dying in high speed crash in that pipe
11. This is commen and everyone in Kansas City said something about this I did aswell
12. Coollllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
13. RIP
14. Well that's good I didn't go on that slide in the same day! XD
15. i hope the boy suffered miserably as he died .. the couple should be shot to death for having that many ugly kids
16. All I did was search up Verruckt and was expecting Call of Duty World at War...not this. Poor kid.
17. he is 12 not 10years old so they are liying so  you cant say he is 10 I know hin
18. Theres should be an age limit
19. This is why you play Shi No Numa instead of Vurruct
20. Own fault c: