A Melbourne father has slammed Dreamworld’s business-as-usual response to yesterday’s horrific accident at the Gold Coast theme park.
Jesse Lovett was at the park with his daughter and his sister’s family when four people were killed on the Thunder River Rapids ride at around 2pm Tuesday.
Lovett says he saw the helicopters hovering overhead, but was completely oblivious to the tragedy unfolding nearby as there was no notification from park staff, the attractions remained open and merchandise was still being sold.
Jesse Lovett was on the ride not long before the accident occurred. Image: Facebook.
"All the Dreamworld music was on. I couldn’t even tell that anything was wrong. That’s what makes me feel a bit sick," he told news.com.au.
“I was just wondering why they were still selling photos?"
Lovett says he's been left feeling "ill" about the way it was handled.
“The thing that keeps making me feel sick was that there was like big lines there," he said.
"Those people waited for 30 minutes to die and it doesn’t feel right to me at all. It feels weird that I got to go home and that family didn’t.”
Three victims of the shocking incident have been identified as Luke Dorsett, Roozbeh Aragh and Kate Goodchild.