"Those three people loved her a lot, and she's never going to get that back." 'Let her get on with her life'Īrdent Leisure is facing a slew of compensation claims, including a class action by shareholders and individual claims by witnesses, staff, and emergency first responders.Įbony's claim is one of the unresolved matters, despite the company settling lawsuits with the rest of her family.
"Her life just isn't the way it used to be. "Before the accident Eb was probably one of the luckiest kids going," Mr Goodchild said. Mr Goodchild said Ebony grew up surrounded by loving parents and uncles, and enjoyed playing sport and attending music concerts, before the accident changed everything. "The love is still there but it's just not the same without Kate and Luke and Roozi." It was a real happy family, and once the accident happened … nothing has been the same since," he said. "Before the accident everybody was happy. "It has taken four years for them to own that they caused the tragedy that took the lives of four people," Mr Goodchild said, adding that since the accident his family "hasn't been the same". Shayne Goodchild (centre), attended the inquest into the Dreamworld disaster at the Magistrates Court at Southport on the Gold Coast. The maximum penalty for each breach is $1.5 million - $4.5 million in total.Ī formal arraignment will take place next month. "They could have done a lot more to prevent that accident happening and they chose not to," he said.ĭreamworld's parent company, Ardent Leisure, last month pleaded guilty to three charges of failing to comply with health and safety laws. Mr Goodchild - the father of Ms Goodchild and Mr Dorsett - sat through the inquest "listening to how Ardent cut corners and put the dollars before safety on all their rides".
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( Supplied/Facebook) Grandfather says Ardent 'put dollars before safety 'Įbony's mother Kate Goodchild, her uncle Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozi Araghi, and another woman, Cindy Low, were killed when their raft on the Thunder River Rapids Ride collided with an empty raft and flipped on October 25, 2016.Įbony was also on the raft, but was physically uninjured.Ī coronial inquest into the four deaths made findings of a series of failures at the park, including safety and maintenance systems that the coroner described as "rudimentary at best" and "frighteningly unsophisticated". "For a young girl that had everything, she's just missed out on so much now."Īrdent Leisure - which acknowledged the suffering caused by the accident - said the majority of claims had been settled and it would "respectfully address" outstanding cases.Ĭindy Low, Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett and Roozi Araghi died on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld in 2016. "Eb was only 12 when this horrific accident happened," he said. Mr Goodchild said they were now calling on the ASX-listed corporation to strike a deal out of court to lighten Ebony's emotional burden and "let her get on with life". Now, four years on, he said frustration at a legal impasse had forced them to speak out.Įbony's family say Dreamworld owners Ardent Leisure is holding out on a compensation payout over a legal technicality that measures the impact of the trauma Ebony has suffered. Her grandfather, Shayne Goodchild, said the disaster had shattered her family, but they had done all they could to shield the now 16-year-old from national attention. Ebony Turner was aged 12 when she watched four people die on the Thunder River Rapids Ride in 2016.
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