10-year-old boy died from his injuries, which came in on Sunday during the congress on the water slide at a water park Schlitterbahn in Kansas. Slide is considered to be the highest structure of this type in the world. It continues to explain the circumstances of the tragic incident. More on this topic in the “Facts from abroad” on TVN24 BiS of 19.55.
Schlitterbahn water park was closed for the duration of the investigation – said his spokesman Winter Prosapio. 10-year-old Caleb Thomas Schwab, who was the son of a local politician Republican Scott Schwab, was killed while riding a water slide called Verrückt. 
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We were not informed about the details of the accident. – I really do not know what happened, why it is necessary to conduct a thorough investigation – said a spokesman for the local police Cameron Morgan.
Slide Verrückt is over 50 meters high, about as much as a 17-storey building. Backing off her special boats, people can reach speeds of over 80 km / h. As in 2014, admitted in an interview with CNN designer slides John Schooley, it was founded just in Kansas, because it does not apply it no restrictions on the amount of this type of attraction.
Thousands of injuries per year
According to research conducted by the National children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, in 2013, every year thousands of children are injured in the theme parks in the US. Most are injuries of the head and neck (28 per cent. Of cases), but only 1.5 percent. cases required hospitalization.
According to official data, in 2015 the damage at US theme parks ended up with the 45 thousand. people, of which approx. 30 thousand. were minors.
Author: mm / I / Source: CNN, ABC News
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