Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Designer of deadly waterslide charged along with park owner

The raft that the boy was riding became airborne during the ride and the boy was decapitated by one of the hoops built over the water sluice that holds a net covering. The boy is son of Kansas Republican state Representative Scott Schwab. The family reached a settlement of nearly $20 million with the builders, and various other companies associated with the design. Two women on the same raft were seriously hurt and settled claims of their own.

The indictment said that Schooley admitted, "If we actually knew how to do this, and it could be done that easily, it wouldn't be that spectacular."

More details about this case at Houston Chronicle.

At 17 stories high, the ride is billed as the tallest waterslide in the world.

Let's pretend ride it.

3 comments:

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

The world's most effective enema.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Is it still operational after the accident?

Chip Ahoy said...

I don't know. I thought it was shut down. But maybe it is still running.