A FIVE-year-old boy drowned after he grew to become trapped in a automotive that was swept away in floods in New South Wales.
The boy’s mother and father and two siblings- aged three and one- have been discovered clinging to a tree to flee the rising flood waters.
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The household grew to become trapped of their Toyota Hilux on McGrane Method close to Tullamore on Friday.
Emergency providers rushed to the realm the place they rescued two youngsters and their mother and father, ABC reported.
The boy’s physique was tragically discovered by divers within the submerged automotive on Saturday.
NSW Police mentioned in a press release: “4 occupants of the Hilux, a 37-year-old man, a 28-year-old lady, together with a younger boy and lady, received out and have been in a position to cling to bushes.
“Nonetheless, a five-year-old boy grew to become trapped within the automotive earlier than it submerged.”
The boy’s mother and father and two siblings have been taken to Dubbo Base Hospital “in a state of shock”.
One other automotive with two males additionally grew to become trapped on the similar location however hours later they managed to swim throughout and name for assist.
Eyewitness Fiona Aveyard was one of many first who arrived on the scene and instructed the outlet it was a “miracle they even received a sign to name for assist”.
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She mentioned: “We arrived in the dead of night in water that was backed up a few hundred metres from the crossing. The water on the low-level crossing was up a few metre-and-a-half.
“They have been downstream within the creek clinging to bushes — a mom, a father and two younger youngsters.
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“If that second car hadn’t come throughout, there isn’t any means we would have that household right here this morning. They could not have clung to these bushes with youngsters all night time.
A police investigation into the incident is underway.
