A 10-year-old boy has died on a water slide, billed as the world's biggest, in the US state of Kansas.
A
spokeswoman for the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City said it was
saddened by the death and the park had been closed pending an
investigation.
The incident happened on Sunday on the Verrueckt
ride, which drops users almost 169 feet (52 metres) at 65mph (105kph) in
a three-person raft.
No details were immediately given about the circumstances of the incident.
However, Kansas police have said it is being treated as an accident.
"We
honestly don't know what's happened," Schlitterbahn spokeswoman Winter
Prosapio said. "That's why a full investigation is necessary. We have to
understand what's happened."
The boy was identified by his family as Caleb Schwab, the son of a state politician, Scott Schwab.
The
park's website says all users of the Verrueckt must be at least 54in
(1.37 metres) tall and the combined weight of people in the raft must be
between 400 and 550 pounds (181-249kg).
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