Word is the kid was decapitated. Awful.
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OMG. That is awful
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Horrible
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HOW?

Where on that slide is there a spot for something like that to happen??
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Rumor has it the raft caught air and he hit the safety rail and was decapitated
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Jesus Christ.
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The pictures on twitter are NSFL.

EDIT: Nothing's confirmed. Tweet I saw was an up close picture of what looked like blood on the slide from a firefighter (not even sure if he's local) and he ended up taking it down. There's some conflicting reports about what happened so I won't speculate until we get more clarification.
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Link?
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Wow.....unreal.

If this is true, ill bet they make major changes to the slide or tear it down.

Very sad.

Ive never ridden this slide, but have rode several other big Schlitterbahn slides at their other parks. Dont really care much for them because they always hurt my back after the initial drop. Always slams my back down hard somewhere.
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Holy shit. So sad.
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Saw reports the Velcro harness or whatever failed
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Heard that. Sad. So damned sad.
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It is a velcro harness, I have ridden the thing 4 times. I loved the ride. Sad for the kid and his family.
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The only ones I saw had blood on the slide.
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