Kansas Boy Dies

The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died of a neck injury while riding the world's tallest water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, police said on Monday.

A 10-year-old boy died Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas, on "Verruckt," which was billed as the world's tallest waterslide. Police said Monday that Caleb Schwab died of a neck injury, but officials have released no information about the cause of the accident. The Associated Press published the following first-person account of the ride on July 10, 201...

It was a warm day and Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan., was busy. But as Friedrichsen and Foster approached the slide Sunday afternoon, they began to sense something was wrong.

The son of a Kansas state lawmaker died on Sunday on a water slide that is billed as the world's largest, according to officials and the boy's family.

The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died of a neck injury while riding the world's tallest water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, police said on Monday.

A 10-year-old boy died Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas, on "Verruckt," which was billed as the world's tallest waterslide. Police said Monday that Caleb Schwab died of a neck injury, but officials have released no information about the cause of the accident. The Associated Press published the following first-person account of the ride on July 10, 201...

It was a warm day and Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan., was busy. But as Friedrichsen and Foster approached the slide Sunday afternoon, they began to sense something was wrong.

The son of a Kansas state lawmaker died on Sunday on a water slide that is billed as the world's largest, according to officials and the boy's family.