One person has died and at least three people have been injured in an accident at Dreamworld on Queensland‘s Gold Coast, according to unconfirmed sources.
UPDATE: It is now looking like the accident occurred on the Thunder River Rapids Ride. Dreamworld are unable to confirm until emergency crews have finished working, but chopper footage from Channel 9 indicates this it the one.
Local reporter Jaydan Duck reports that one person was unconscious and receiving CPR after the accident, while three others were injured.
UPDATE: Exact details of the incident at #Dreamworld remain unclear at this stage. Reports have 1 person seriously hurt – 2 others trapped.
— Jaydan Duck (@JaydanDuck) October 25, 2016
UPDATE: Reports one person is unconscious & receiving CPR after a serious accident at #Dreamworld – three other people have been injured.
— Jaydan Duck (@JaydanDuck) October 25, 2016
Channel 9 is reporting that the person is now deceased, and that a major operation is underway to rescue two people trapped.
DREAMWORLD UPDATE: One person dead and multiple others injured. @michaelbesty with the latest #9News https://t.co/fk62Us6XGU
— Nine News Gold Coast (@9NewsGoldCoast) October 25, 2016
Emergency crew are on the scene. We’ll continue to update this story as it unfolds.
We are managing a critical incident at #Dreamworld. There is nothing more we can confirm with any certainty at this stage.
— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) October 25, 2016
UPDATE: Nine New Gold Coast is now reporting that four people are believed to be deceased.
UPDATE: It is believed four people are dead after a horror accident on a water ride at @Dreamworld_AU: https://t.co/aj2nfxWzcT. #9News
— Nine News Gold Coast (@9NewsGoldCoast) October 25, 2016
Queensland Police have confirmed that four people have been critically injured, but no deaths have yet been confirmed.
Four people have been critically injured at #Dreamworld. There is nothing further we can confirm at this stage.
— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) October 25, 2016
Channel 7 is reporting that witnesses saw the Thunder River Rapids Ride flip.
