Four visitors killed in Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld in Gold Coast

Four people, two men and two women, were killed on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld, Coomera, situated on Australia's Gold Coast. The victims were in their 30s and early 40s. The tragedy is attributed to a "malfunction" that caused two of the victims to be "ejected" and two others to be "caught inside" the ride.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 25 October 2016.

The theme park has been closed and an investigation is underway into the cause of the incident. It seems there were six people were on the raft when it flipped on a conveyor belt and four of them were trapped underneath while two managed to jump free. Subsequently, water was drained from the attraction in an attempt to save the trapped passengers.
The Dreamworld website describes the Thunder River Rapids as a "white water rafting" ride which travels at up to 45kph and visitors as young as two years old are allowed on the ride.


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