AKIPRESS.COM - Police in suburban Kansas City were trying to figure out how a 10-year-old boy could have died on a "safe dangerous" 17-story amusement park waterslide that is billed as the world’s tallest, USA Today reports.

A spokesperson for the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kan., said the boy died Sunday on the Verrückt.

The park was closed pending "a full investigation," spokesperson Pam Renteria said in a statement posted on the park's website.

In a statement, the boy's family identified him as Caleb Schwab. He was the son of Kansas Rep. Scott Schwab and his wife, Michele.

TheKansas City Star reported that park officials did not immediately say whether the boy fell from the ride.

“We honestly don’t know what’s happened,” said spokesperson Winter Prosapio, who added, “To be honest, this is not something we’ve experienced.”