Friday 13 May 2022 07:59 AM Dramatic video shows moment police rescue two men and dogs from floodwaters at ... trends now
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The latest flood emergency in Australia has been dramatically depicted in footage of a police rescue of two men and their dogs from a vehicle trapped in rising waters.
Queensland police released bodyworn vision on Friday showing officers rescuing the pet-owners, after their van was swept off the road by floodwaters at Morwincha, 90km south-west of Brisbane yesterday.
The frightening video was captured just after 4pm on Thursday after police had attended the scene of a fatal traffic crash on the Cunningham Highway.
But the officers from Ipswich District then received an urgent call for help, several hundred metres away, where they found the men's van had been washed off the flooded bridge and was wedged against a tree.
One man could be seen clinging to the passenger door while another elderly man was trapped inside with three dogs as floodwater rose rapidly around them.
The men were spotted in the van after it had been washed off the road by rising floodwaters near Morwincha , south-west of Brisbane
