Australian TV reporter rescues man from sinking car during floods

An Australian ​television reporter and ​a bystander rescued ‌a man ​from a car as it was engulfed by flood ‌waters on Wednesday, footage of the incident showed. Will Murray, a journalist with Australia's public broadcaster ABC, was ‌reporting on flooding north of the city ‌of Brisbane in Queensland state, when a man drove a four-wheel drive through water. It then stalled and ⁠started ​to sink, ⁠the ABC said.

Murray and another man swam out to ⁠the car and pulled the driver from the vehicle, ​moments before it was completely submerged. "The pair of ⁠them definitely saved that man's life," said ABC camera ⁠operator ​Liz Pickering, who witnessed the incident, according to the broadcaster.

"No doubt about that." About 170 ⁠mm of rain (6.7 inches) had fallen in the ⁠town ⁠of Morayfield on Wednesday when the incident took place, the ABC said.