Dreamworld tragedy: Date set for inquest into four deaths

AN INQUEST into the deaths of four people who died horrifically on a Dreamworld ride will finally get underway.

AN inquest in to the deaths of four people who perished on a ride at Gold Coast theme park Dreamworld will get underway next month.

A brief pre-inquest hearing was held at Southport Court today with legal representatives from Dreamworld, parent company Ardent Leisure and families of victims Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett, Cindy Low and Roozi Araghi in attendance to hear Coroner James McDougall set June 18 as the start date for the inquest, which is expected to run for several weeks through June and July and again later in the year.

The four people died during a horrific malfunction of the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld in October 2016.