A 12-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were on the ride alongside their mothers that malfunctioned yesterday at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, flipping and killing four occupants.
Two men aged 38 and 35, and two women, aged 42 and 32, died in the horrific incident on the ‘Thunder River Rapids’ at the popular theme park.
The victims have been named as Canberra mother of two Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner Roozi Araghi, 38, and an as yet unnamed 42-year-old woman.
Also on the ride was Kate Goodchild’s 12-year-old daughter and the 10-year-old boy of the 42-year-old woman, thought to be from Sydney, but originally from New Zealand.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the group were just five seconds from the end of the ride when the raft flipped, drowning two of the adults and crushing the other two on a conveyor belt. Miraculously the two children were thrown to safety.
Mrs Goodchild’s husband, Dave, who was also at the park had not gone on the ride. He instead waited on the sides with their eight-month-old daughter.
Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozi Aragh, both from Canberra, had travelled to the Gold Coast along with the Goodchilds on a family holiday. Also in the party was Kate and Luke’s mother Kim Dorsett.
Mr Aragh was well known in Canberra and a long standing public servant, most recently in a position with the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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wow this ride broke down twice that day. The ride should of been shut down.
Inexcusable to steal private photos from their Facebook pages.