Water Park Witnesses Speak Out After 10-Year-Old Boy’s Death

Water Park Witnesses Speak Out After 10-Year-Old Boy’s Death
This June 2016 photo provided by David Strickland shows Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of Scott Schwab, a Kansas state lawmaker from Olathe. David Strickland via AP
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Two teenage girls have spoken out about the moment a 10-year-old boy was killed on the Verrückt waterslide in Kansas on Aug 7.

Caleb Schwab, 10, was decapitated in the accident at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kansas, a source told The Associated Press. Officials have not been able to explain how it happened.

Two teenage girls described how they watched as the boy was killed. Jess Sanford and Melanie Gocke from Lincoln, Nebraska, said they saw a trail of blood after he was thrown from the ride into the net.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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