Four Die on Fun Ride at Dreamworld on Australia’s Gold Coast
- Park operator Ardent Leisure falls 7.8% in Sydney trading
- Two thrown from high-speed water ride, while two were trapped
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Four people died Tuesday on a water ride at Ardent Leisure Group’s Dreamworld in Australia’s Queensland state, the nation’s deadliest theme-park incident in almost 40 years.
Two men and two women -- aged from 32 to their early 40s -- died on the Thunder River Rapids ride at the Gold Coast park, an ambulance service spokesman said. Two of the victims were thrown from the ride and two were left trapped. Dreamworld is “working as quickly as possible to establish the facts around the incident,” it said in a statement.