KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — More details have emerged about how a 10-year-old boy was killed Sunday while riding what is billed as the world’s tallest water slide. <br /> <br />Caleb Thomas Schwab died in a freak accident on the Verruckt water slide at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City while riding the 168-feet tall water slide. <br /> <br />Police confirmed on Monday in a statement that Caleb died from a fatal “neck injury,” the Associated Press reported. <br /> <br />Caleb was reportedly riding in the slide with two women. He was sitting in the first position with the two women in the second and third positions. <br /> <br /> <br />It appears that Caleb must have somehow gotten loose from his harness and was ejected from his seat. <br /> <br />Kelsey Friedrichsen and her boyfriend Josh Foster were both at the park on Sunday when they saw a large group of people gathered at the bottom of the slide, according to People. <br /> <br />Friedrichsen speculated that Caleb must have bounced around between the netting and the slide and just slid down. <br /> <br />Esteban Castaneda, who had ridden on the Verruckt earlier that day, told New York’s ABC 7 news that he noticed the boy appeared to have been decapitated, although no other reports have confirmed this. <br /> <br />According to Fox 4 KC, one of the women suffered a broken jaw, and the other a broken bone in her face. She also required stitches in one of her eyes. <br /> <br />The water park is tentatively scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, although the Verruckt will remain closed.
