An Australian television reporter and a bystander have rescued a man from a sinking vehicle during severe flooding in Queensland, pulling him to safety moments before the car disappeared beneath the water.
Will Murray, a journalist with Australia’s public broadcaster ABC, was reporting on flooding north of Brisbane on Thursday when a man attempted to drive a four-wheel-drive vehicle through floodwaters.
The vehicle stalled and began to sink, according to the ABC.
Seeing the driver in danger, Murray and another man swam out to the vehicle and managed to pull him to safety shortly before the car became completely submerged.
ABC camera operator Liz Pickering, who witnessed the rescue, said the intervention had almost certainly prevented a tragedy.
“The pair of them definitely saved that man’s life,” she said.
“No doubt about that.”
Around 170 millimetres of rain had fallen in the town of Morayfield on Thursday when the incident occurred, according to the ABC.
The heavy rainfall triggered flooding in areas north of Brisbane, creating dangerous conditions on local roads.
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