10-year-old boy on Kansas City waterslide died of neck injury: police

Caleb Thomas Schwab died on Sunday at the Schlitterbahn waterpark on the Verrückt water slide, which sends riders plunging down 17 stories at up to 50 miles an hour (80 kph). After a report of an emergency, police and fire officials rushed to the scene and found the boy "dead from a fatal neck injury at the end of the ride, in the pool," the statement said. Park officials said in a statement that Schlitterbahn Kansas City will remain closed at least until Wednesday, while the slide will be shut down during the course of the investigation.