Kansas City Police have declined to give interviews or press conferences regarding the investigation, which they say is ongoing.
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“Something more has to be done”.
“We feel really bad for his family”, the husband of one of the women said, stating his family wanted to remain anonymous for now.
Prosapio said Sunday the park’s rides are inspected daily and by an “outside party” before the start of each season.
The Verruckt at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas.
According to a statement issued by Kansas City police, Caleb was sharing a raft with two other riders at the time, both of whom suffered minor facial injuries and were treated at an area hospital.
The state Labor Department, which has oversight of amusement park rides in Kansas, said Tuesday that it has requested documentation from Schlitterbahn to ensure that all safety requirements were followed.
“The waterslide in Kansas City is a completely unique water slide”, he said.
“You know, you leave church, you go to a water park to be with family, and to enjoy”.
NBC News reported Monday that Kansas is among several states that don’t require permanent amusement park rides to be inspected by a state inspector.
The IAAPA puts the chance of being seriously injured on a permanent amusement ride at a USA amusement park at 1 in 16 million.
Each of these attractions is state-certified and Gannon said Zoombezi Bay’s has had a safe history in the park’s nine years. “KDOL [Kansas Department of Labor] is acting to ensure full compliance with this and other provisions of the act and associated administrative regulations”. Herrera encouraged federal oversight, but said such a program would be expensive and would be unwelcomed by the amusement park industry. “I don’t see it ever coming into fruition”.
KWCH reports that Schwab was one of three riders on the raft. Logan claimed she was “severely injured” on August 9, 2014, when she was riding an inner tube with her niece and, at one of the dips in the river, the tube tipped over and her left foot hit a concrete wall. He was found dead in a pool at the bottom of the slide and police confirmed with People magazine that the boy was decapitated.
According to the water park’s website, each rider must be at least 54 inches tall, and the riders combined weight is limited to a total of between 400 and 550 pounds.
“It’s terrifying and disgusting and terrific”, Holland said in 2014.
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A Schlitterbahn spokesman today stated that Verruckt, the water slide that was the site of a fatal accident on Sunday, will not reopen for the remainder of this season.
