A general view of the Verruckt waterslide at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kansas July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Dave Kaup/File Photo
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) - The world's tallest water slide will be torn down after a 10-year-old boy suffered a broken neck and was killed riding it in August, an amusement park in Kansas City, said.
Caleb Thomas Schwab, son of a state lawmaker, died on Aug. 7 at the Schlitterbahn waterpark on the Verruckt water slide, which sends riders plunging down 17 storeys at up to 50 miles an hour (80 kph).
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