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Dreamworld: 'Critical incident' on Australian theme park ride Dreamworld: Four killed on Australian theme park ride
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Four people have been critically injured on a ride at the Dreamworld theme park on Australia's Gold Coast, say police. Four people have been killed on a ride at the Dreamworld theme park on Australia's Gold Coast, police have confirmed.
Details are unclear, but Queensland police said they were attending a "critical incident" at the park. Media reports said the accident happened on the Thunder River Rapids ride.
"There is nothing further we can confirm at this stage," they said in a Twitter statement. Queensland police had said they were attending a "critical incident" at the park in Coomera.
Dreamworld bills itself as Australia's biggest theme park with more than 50 rides and attractions.Dreamworld bills itself as Australia's biggest theme park with more than 50 rides and attractions.
The incident is believed to have happened on the Thunder River Rapids ride. The theme park had earlier said it was "working as quickly as possible to establish the facts around the incident and is working closely with emergency authorities and police to do this."
Currently Australia's only river rapids ride, it was opened in 1986. Thunder River Rapids ride
The theme park's website says it allowed riders to travel at up to "45km/h through the turbulent rapids".