Four killed on ride at Australia’s biggest theme park

Source: Irish Ttimes

Four people have been killed in an accident at a theme park on Australia’s east coast, officials said.

Two men and two women died while on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld, a popular attraction on Queensland’s Gold Coast. “Dreamworld is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts around the incident,” theme park officials said in a statement, adding that they were working closely with emergency authorities and police.

“Dreamworld’s focus and priority is with the families of those involved in this tragedy and will be providing an update to the public as soon as information becomes available.”

Queensland police said they were called to the site at Coomera around 2.20pm following reports that a number of people had been injured by a conveyor belt. “Four adults have been confirmed as being deceased."

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