"A private Christian boarding school outside of Healdsburg is being sued by the parents of a 15-year-old student who died in August during a campus-organized activity. Rio Lindo Adventist Academy is named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed Dec. 15 in Sonoma County Superior Court by Yuzhong Kang and Guiqing Wang. Their son, Gengshun Kang, died Aug. 28 while using a makeshift water slide installed "down a steep hillside" on school property, according to their complaint."
"He suffered abrasions across his face and died during an event kicking off the 2025-26 school year. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office were called to the campus on Aug. 28 and said Gengshun's death appeared to involve a medical matter. According to a coroner report obtained by The Press Democrat last week, however, he was pronounced dead after "life-saving efforts were exhausted by first responders" and his cause of death was ruled "undetermined.""
Parents Yuzhong Kang and Guiqing Wang filed a wrongful-death lawsuit naming Rio Lindo Adventist Academy and the Northern California Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists after their 15-year-old son, Gengshun Kang, died Aug. 28 on school property. The complaint alleges he died while using a makeshift waterslide installed down a steep hillside during a school-sanctioned event. The parents allege the school owned, controlled and maintained the property and is liable. A coroner ruled the cause of death undetermined after first responders exhausted life-saving efforts. The conference confirmed the student died during a school activity and emphasized student safety and community support.
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