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Police: Weight of raft riders in Kan. water park death within limits

Police went to the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Water Park on July 7, to investigate the death of a 10-year-old boy photo courtesy KMBC
Police went to the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Water Park on July 7, to investigate the death of a 10-year-old boy photo courtesy KMBC

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police say combined weights for a 10-year-old boy and two other people riding a raft with him at a water park when he was killed were within the ride’s limits.

Caleb Schwab died August 7 while riding the 168-foot “Verruckt” at Schlitterbahn WaterPark in Kansas City.

Riders are weighed to ensure each raft carries between 400 pounds and 550 pounds.

Police Monday released a report showing one rider at 140 pounds, another at 170, and an unclear weight for Caleb. He would have to weigh 90 pounds to make the trio’s weight reach 400 pounds.

But police said weights taken at a hospital after the accident show one person weighed 275 pounds, another weighed 197 pounds and a third weighed 73 pounds, putting the combined weight at 545 pounds.

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