A teenager who claims to have had a near-death experience at Dreamworld six months ago has been left “really distressed” by the death of four adults at the popular theme park on Tuesday.
Visiting the Gold Coast park in April, 19-year-old Samson Sherrin says he was on the Rocky Hollow Log Ride when he fell into the water, knocked unconscious, ran over by two other boats and nearly drowned.
Sherrin’s legal team told news.com.au he suffered hip, rib and ankle fractures, neck, head and groin injuries, acute respiratory failure, and psychological trauma.
But the Brisbane teen's lawyer, Sugath Wijedoru, alleges Dreamworld's ride operators hardly responded, leaving a friend to rescue him.
“His friend had to finish the ride, run all the way around and get him out,” Wijedoru told news.com.au. “Staff didn’t get him out."
Wijedoru says the ride was temporarily closed after Sherrin's ordeal before it was cleared by Worksafe Queensland inspectors and reopened to the public just two days later.
Sherrin has since brought a public liability claim against the theme park, alleging negligence.
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This guy is a liar he stood up when you're supposed to stay seated.. . Good one knob jockey
Yes, I heard that too. It is generally left out of news reports on this incident.
If he was standing up on the log ride - which you are absolutely not meant to do, and that is made clear on all the signs etc - it's hard to see how he could sue the park for negligence.
I'm not about to sue Holden if I get injured while trying to drive my car with my eyes closed.