No, Centro Wasn't On That Ride That Tragically Derailed In Australia
No, Centro Wasn't On That Ride That Tragically Derailed In Australia
Matt Centrowitz was not on the theme park ride that killed four people in Australia's Dreamworld.
This is obviously unimportant on the scale of what happened in Australia yesterday when a malfunctioning theme park ride killed four people. But--going off a tweet--lots of news outlets reported that Matt Centrowitz was on the ride minutes before it derailed, calling it a "close escape" and saying that the 1500m Olympic gold medalist "narrowly missed."
According to Centrowitz's agent, Ricky Simms, this is not true. Simms says that Centrowitz got off a ride in the same area as the one that malfunctioned, then all the rides in the area were shut down; Centrowitz tweeted before he knew the details of what happened and the death toll of the accident.
Again--as a small detail in a news story about four people getting killed, this is not important. But the difference between Centrowitz being on the ride that derailed and being on a nearby one is like the difference between getting out of a car 15 minutes before it exploded and being on the highway a mile behind an accident.
According to Centrowitz's agent, Ricky Simms, this is not true. Simms says that Centrowitz got off a ride in the same area as the one that malfunctioned, then all the rides in the area were shut down; Centrowitz tweeted before he knew the details of what happened and the death toll of the accident.
Again--as a small detail in a news story about four people getting killed, this is not important. But the difference between Centrowitz being on the ride that derailed and being on a nearby one is like the difference between getting out of a car 15 minutes before it exploded and being on the highway a mile behind an accident.
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