World's tallest water slide where that 10 year old boy died will be demolished

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The ride was shuttered at the time, but its been unclear what the water slide’s fate would be since the park closed for the season earlier this fall.

On Tuesday, Schlitterbahn announced the attraction will be demolished.

“Once the investigation is concluded and we are given permission by the court, Verrückt will be decommissioned — closed permanently and the slide removed from the tower,” the park said in a statement. “In our opinion, it is the only proper course of action following this tragedy.”

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When Caleb climbed aboard the water slide raft, he sat in the front seat. Behind him were two women he did not know, reported the Star. He weighed 73 pounds, the woman behind him weighed 197 pounds and the second woman, seated at the back, weighed 275 pounds.

In interviews with the Star, experts have questioned why Caleb — the lightest of them all — was placed at the front of the raft. Too much weight at the back could shove the front upward, Mariusz Ziejewski, an engineering and director of the Impact Biomechanics Laboratory at North Dakota State University told the newspaper.

“You kind of have this catapult upwards,” Ziejewski said. “Maybe this was a contributing factor. That’s not good.”

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