A young boy died on Sunday in an apparent accident on what has been dubbed the world's tallest water slide at a popular water park in Kansas City, park and police officials said.
The Kansas City Police Department said in a brief statement that officers were working "an apparent accident death investigation" at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas. Further details were not immediately provided and authorities could not be reached for comment.
Schlitterbahn spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said the child died on Sunday afternoon while riding the Verrückt water slide, which is the world's tallest water slide, according to Guinness World Records, at more than 168 feet tall. Verrückt means "insane" in German.
Prosapio said the park was closed and would remain closed on Monday. She added that a full investigation would be conducted on the ride.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time," she said in a statement.
Further details of the accident were not immediately available.
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