Australian TV reporter rescues man from sinking car during floods
Will Murray and a bystander pulled the driver free moments before the ute was submerged, as about 170 millimetres of rain fell in Morayfield.
- On Wednesday, ABC journalist Will Murray and a bystander rescued a man from a sinking four-wheel-drive on Buchanan Road in Morayfield after the vehicle stalled in floodwaters.
- Record-Breaking rainfall inundated southern Queensland, with Bureau of Meteorology gauges recording 170mm in Morayfield on Wednesday and more than 300mm across some areas of the region.
- Footage captured the men pulling the driver from the vehicle moments before it submerged completely. ABC camera operator Liz Pickering, who witnessed the rescue, said the pair "definitely saved that man's life."
- Beyond the roadside rescue, heavy rainfall has inundated homeless camps in Moreton Bay, prompting charity Nourish Street to issue an urgent call for assistance on Thursday morning regarding conditions at Wylie Park.
- Charity owners described conditions at Wylie Park as "unacceptable," citing saturated ground and soaked bedding, and warned that replacing wet tents on waterlogged ground is no longer a viable solution.
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The car had become stuck on a flooded road and began to sink, in the state of Queensland.
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The Independent (US)TV news reporter rescues driver from sinking car trapped in floods
An Australian TV news reporter and another man saved a driver from his flooded car in Morayfield, Australia. Footage captured on Thursday (22 October) shows Will Murray, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist, and a passerby swim towards the sinking car, before smashing the back windscreen and eventually pulling the driver out to safety. The rescuers show a thumbs-up to onlookers before the three men swim away from the scene, just mom…
He was telling of the devastation of the floods in Australia, when he saw an off-roader enter the water, freeze and start sinking. Will Murray, journalist of the Australian ABC station, immediately left the service and dive along with a passerby to reach the driver. The two manage to open a door and recover the man, a few moments before the vehicle is completely swallowed up by the water. The incredible scene took place in Morayfield, north of B…
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