There is no federal oversight and limited state oversight of the world’s tallest water slide, where a child died Sunday.
Ten-year-old Caleb Schwab died of a neck injury while descending Verruckt, a 168-foot water slide on Sunday afternoon at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan.
Police said the child was one of three passengers riding in a boat. An off-duty officer working at the water park notified dispatch of the accident about 2:30 p.m. Emergency responders arrived to find the boy dead in a pool at the end of the ...