The World’s Tallest Water Slide Was a Terrible, Tragic Idea

At nearly 169 feet tall, Verrückt was taller than Niagara Falls. Riders flew down the world's tallest water slide at 70 miles per hour, challenging the laws of physics. Then, on August 7, 2016, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was decapitated on the ride. What went wrong to cause such a horrific tragedy?

Read more ›

Login to rate this video.

You can place this video on your website by inserting the (X)HTML code below:

Options:
pixels
pixels
Embed code:
<iframe src="https://www.snotr.com/embed/20878" width="400" height="330" frameborder="0"></iframe>

You can email this video to your friends by entering their addresses below:

Your information:
Recipients:

add Add another recipient

Human verification:

People who liked this video also liked

AtmosFear freefall tower at Liseberg Gothenburg in Sweden
I Can't Taste Anything
1087 Days in Just 15 Minutes - Growing Plant Time Lapse COMPILATION
Colored balls elevator. Particle fluid. Music. Molecular Script. Video 4K
2019 Tasmanian Tiger Photo
Budgie Balancing Trick

Comments

4 comments posted so far. Login to add a comment.

Expand all comments

Picture of 01nvr50 achievements

+2 1. 01nvr commented 5 years ago

Not heard of this before, but the video didn't really explain how it happened.. So here's a wiki link with more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verr%C3%BCckt_(water_slide)#Fatal_incident
Pretty bad all round really.
Picture of ComentAtor48 achievements

+1 2. ComentAtor commented 5 years ago

i hate waterslides... and i don't take my kids there.. and they hate me

had an accident twice ... as a teenager broke my nose.. and once in my early thirties i flew out and fell back in with multiple bruises and bumps
Picture of Judge-Jake53 achievements

+1 3. Judge-Jake commented 5 years ago

Absolutely awful for the family of the poor child. And nobody went to jail!!
Picture of thundersnow58 achievements

0 4. thundersnow commented 5 years ago

Sounds like a lot of safety issues were left unaddressed. The usual thoughts and prayers are just so worthless. :|