Architects Of Deadly Waterslide Now Face Murder Charges
Thomas Phippen on March 27, 2018
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The two men, who designed the water slide where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016, were arrested and charged with second degree murder.
Kansas City’s, Kan., Schlitterbahn amusement park advertised its ride Verrückt — German for “crazy†— as the tallest water slide in the world when it was first opened in 2014. The ride’s designers and operators are being charged with the boy’s death.
Police arrested Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeffrey Henry Monday. Henry also helped design the ride with lead contractor and architect John Schooley. Both are facing multiple charges including reckless second-degree murder. Former park director of operations Tyler Austin Miles was charged with involuntary manslaughter and a slew of aggravated assault and child endangerment crimes.
Caleb Schwab got on the Verrückt Aug. 7, 2016, while attending a free day at the park for lawmakers, which included his father, Republican state Rep. Scott Schwab. Caleb suffered fatal injuries when his raft became airborne as the 17-story ride’s steep drop turned into an incline. Hoops fixed over the ride decapitated Schwab but were designed to prevent rafts from flying off — which, according to investigators, were a poorly designed fix to a shoddily constructed ride the park operators knew was dangerous.
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