Charges dropped in Kansas water slide death
Posted: Feb 23, 2019 10:34 AM EST
Updated: Feb 23, 2019 10:34 AM EST
(CBS) - A judge dismissed criminal charges on Friday against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016 ..
They were charged after Caleb Schwab died while riding the waterslide, which was marketed as the world's tallest slide.
"The court has grave doubts as to whether the irregularities and improprieties improperly influenced the grand jury and ultimately bolstered its decision to indict these defendants," Judge Robert Burns said. "Quite simply, these defendants were not afforded the due process protections and fundamental fairness Kansas law requires" ...
Caleb was killed on the Verruckt - German for "crazy" - in 2016 when the raft he was riding went airborne and hit a metal pole. Two women who were with him in the raft were seriously injured. The slide never operated again and has been torn down ...
https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/charges-dropped-in-kansas-water-slide-death-where-boy-was-decapitated/1803477813
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