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Report: Kansas water park’s rides privately inspected in June

Police went to the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Water Park on Sunday to investigate a death photo courtesy KMBC
Police went to the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Water Park on Sunday to investigate a death photo courtesy KMBC

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation in to the death of a boy killed while riding a waterslide in Kansas City, Kansas (all times local):

A document released by a state agency says all the rides at a Kansas City, Kansas, water park passed private inspections in June, including the waterslide on which a 10-year-old boy died.

The Kansas Department of Labor provided to The Associated Press on Wednesday a copy of an insurance company inspector’s June 7 letter saying inspections had been completed at Schlitterbahn Waterpark. The letter said all rides met guidelines for being insured with “no disqualifying conditions noted.”

Deputy Secretary and Chief Attorney Brad Burke said the department obtained the letter following Sunday’s death of Caleb Schwab on the “Verruckt” waterslide.

Kansas law requires permanent rides to be inspected annually by their parks, and the state randomly audits the records. The last records audit for Schlitterbahn was in June 2012.

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