This is horrifying. Supposed to be a press conference soon with more details. Rumors seem to indicate it happened on the Verrukt, the world's tallest waterslide.
Originally Posted by sedated:
That is a shit ton of blood. Considering its a water slide (self-cleaning), it would have had to pour out in a hurry. From just seeing the picture I'd believe it if they said he was ripped in half at the waist.
I'm sure when they hit the E-Stop it shut down the pumps and everything, so thats not ALL blood, and there are black rubber mats in the bottom of the slide in part of that area, so that makes it darker, but there is still quite a bit of blood there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.:
a poster on another board says that his wife's relative is a lifeguard at the park and saw the head, the raft, then the body come down the slide. Take it for what it's worth...
It doesn't seem like the head would make it down before the raft. [Reply]
Originally Posted by patteeu:
It doesn't seem like the head would make it down before the raft.
doesn't seem like a kid strapped in a raft would go down a slide, overshoot the second hill and hit the net that far down the slope either, but he did. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.:
doesn't seem like a kid strapped in a raft would go down a slide, overshoot the second hill and hit the net that far down the slope either, but he did.
Yeah, that happened so everything is possible. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by patteeu:
Yeah, that happened so everything is possible. :-)
dunno. from the eyewitness quoted in the articles, he said he stepped forward to assist the boy, but could tell instantly there was nothing he could do. [Reply]
by all accounts, the body was behind the raft. The physics of the kid being ejected, decapitated, the body landing behind the raft and the head striking the passengers are hard to fathom. Maybe someday there will be a computer rendered renenactment we can all watch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by patteeu:
Yeah, and you know the raft with two other passengers still in it isn't going to slow down much.
No it wouldn't..then the body would have to come out and go past the women and raft somehow..I didn't ever see it reported the body went over the women..it might of though
Looking at that picture posted earlier it looks like the smaller tarp is in front of the bigger tarp..I would say the head is under the smaller tarp..so I have no idea what happened with the head and body coming out [Reply]
Does it really matter whether it's the head or body that came down first? All kinds of shit happened at the bottom of the slide starting with the second that little boy hit the net. [Reply]
I read a rumor that the facial injuries the woman received was from the head striking her, supposedly had a broken jaw....who the hell knows. Goddamn horrifying... [Reply]
