Boy was decapitated on world’s tallest waterslide: Source

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Wow - I've recently been watching TV about the most extreme water slides in the world. Uncanny! Weird. I'm not sure that I'd be too interested in participating in any one of them.


My condolences to the family - how horrible!
 

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So, who's regulation this type of structure? No one, right?

Regulation is Commynism, after all and the free market should decide what is safe and what isn't.
 

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Waterpark co-owner pleads not guilty in boy's decapitation
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April 5, 2018
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April 5, 2018 6:52 PM EDT
This April 4, 2018 file booking photo provided by the Wyandotte County Detention Center, shows Jeff Henry, co-owner of the Schlitterbahn water park, who is charged in a 10-year-old boy's decapitation death on a 17-storey waterslide that was promoted as the world's largest. Henry pleaded not guilty Thursday, April 5, 2018, to second-degree murder in the in the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab on the massive waterslide. (Wyandotte County Detention Center via AP, File)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A co-owner of Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the decapitation death of a 10-year-old boy on a massive waterslide.
Jeff Henry appeared Thursday in Wyandotte County District Court after being indicted in the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab. The boy died and two women were injured when their raft went airborne and hit an overhead loop on the slide.
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Henry was ordered to surrender his passport but District Judge Robert Burns rejected a prosecution request that he be required to wear a GPS locator while out on bond awaiting trial. Burns said he wasn’t convinced by the state’s arguments that Henry was a flight risk.
A trial date was tentatively set for Sept. 10, but Burns and Henry’s attorney suggested that date could change.
Waterpark co-owner pleads not guilty in boy’s decapitation | Toronto Sun
 

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Water slide on which boy was decapitated to be torn down
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July 12, 2018
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July 12, 2018 7:44 PM EDT
In this July 9, 2014, file photo, riders go down the water slide called "Verruckt" at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan. Caleb Schwab, 10, (inset) died in August 2016 on the 17-story water slide. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File and David Strickland via AP photos)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas water park plans to tear down a giant water slide on which a 10-year-old boy died in 2016.
The Kansas City Star reports an attorney representing an affiliate of Kansas City, Kansas, park operator Schlitterbahn said Thursday that the 17-story slide called Verruckt would start coming down about a week after Labor Day.
Attorney Melanie Morgan says the work is expected to take about three weeks. The Kansas City park posted a statement on its Facebook page saying it had received court approval to demolish the ride.
Caleb Schwab was decapitated in August 2016 while riding the waterslide. His death led to criminal charges against the company that built the slide and five individuals, including Schlitterbahn’s co-owner.
Schlitterbahn says Caleb’s death was a tragic accident.
http://torontosun.com/news/world/water-slide-on-which-boy-was-decapitated-to-be-torn-down
 

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This must obviously further prove the relative safety of guns.