Dreamworld’s parent company Ardent Leisure has been charged over the 2016 theme park tragedy that killed four people when the Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned, causing two rafts to collide at the Gold Coast theme park.
A coronial inquest found the park’s safety and maintenance systems were “frighteningly unsophisticated”.
In a statement to the Australian stock exchange, Ardent Leisure said three charges had been filed against the company in the Brisbane Magistrates Court under the Work Health and Safety Act.
In February, a coroner found the design and construction of the ride posed a “significant risk” to patrons’ safety and that the park’s safety and maintenance systems were “frighteningly unsophisticated”.
Kate Goodchild, her brother Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozbeh ‘Roozi’ Araghi were killed alongside 42-year-old Cindy Low when the ride malfunctioned about 2.30pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2016.
A boy and girl, aged 10 and 12, were on the same raft but managed to escape.
More to come.
–ABC
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