Boy Disappeared After Going Down Abandoned Waterslide, Days Later Police Discover THE SHOCKING TRUTH

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Boy Disappeared After Going Down Abandoned Waterslide, Days Later Police Discover THE SHOCKING TRUTH
A grand jury indictment in the United States has called a waterslide in Kansas City a deadly weapon.
Why? Continue till the end of the video to discover the reason and what exactly happened.
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They said it had already injured more than a dozen people before 10-year-old Caleb Schwab
was tragically killed on it. The indictment said the ride went airborne and collided with
the overhead hoops and netting designed to keep riders from being thrown off the slide.
The video of the accident showed Caleb was following all the rider instructions when he died.
The indictment also revealed that experts examining the slide found evidence indicating
other rafts had gone airborne and collided with the overhead hoops and netting before the fatality.
There were 13 injuries during the 182 days of the ride operating, including two concussions
and one case where a 15-year-old girl went temporarily blind.
Corporate correspondents found the child's death and the rapidly growing list of injuries
were foreseeable and expected outcomes. The waterpark operators knew the raft Caleb
and the woman rode on was prone to go faster and become airborne more than others.
The indictment alleged a company co-owner and the designer of the Verakt slide rushed it into use
and had no technical or engineering expertise related to amusement park rides.
The ride was created after Schlitterband co-owner Jeffrey Wayne Henry made a spur-of-the-moment
decision in 2012 to build the world's largest water slide to impress the producers of a travel
channel show. The indictment said Mr. Henry's desire to rush the project and he and his
designers' lack of expertise caused them to skip fundamental steps in the design process.
Not a single engineer was directly involved in the water slide's engineering or slide path design,
and it complied with few, if any, long-standing safety standards established by the American
Society for Testing and Materials. The ride was never properly or fully designed to prevent
rafts from going airborne, the indictment said. The waterpark and its former operations director,
Tyler Often Miles, 29, were indicted on involuntarily manslaughter and several other
charges in Caleb's death, including aggravated battery and aggravated endangering a child.
Mr. Miles was indicted on two counts of interference with law enforcement,
and Schlitterband was indicted on one count of interference with law enforcement.
Mr. Miles allegedly avoided or delayed repairs that would take the raft out of commission during
the active park season. Investigators said the ride's brake system failed 10 days before Caleb's
death. Mr. Miles is accused of telling a police detective that he was unaware of any complaints
about the ride and of withholding thousands of incriminating daily reports from lead lifeguards
and supervisors. On Friday, Mr. Miles pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance,
and a trial was scheduled for September 10. Schlitterband said in a statement after charges
against Mr. Miles were announced that he was deeply disappointed to learn any individual
is being personally charged for the terrible accident on the Verrock.
The water slide has been closed since Caleb's death. Schlitterband has said it will dismantle
the ride when the investigation into the boy's death is complete.
