SYDNEY, Sept 11 (NNN-AAP) – A girl died, after the vehicle she was in, crashed and became submerged in a dam, over 500 km north of Sydney, in eastern Australia.
Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW), said in a statement today that, emergency services were called to reports of the crash near the town of Tenterfield, 540 km north of Sydney, in the state’s New England region, around 3:30 p.m. yesterday.
The black SUV had crashed into a tree, before entering the dam and becoming submerged, police said.
An 11-year-old girl, who was a passenger in the vehicle was treated by ambulance paramedics, after being pulled unresponsive from the water, but died at the scene.
The driver, a 50-year-old woman, was also pulled from the water and treated at the scene by paramedics, before being taken to hospital in a stable condition.
NSW Police said that, officers from the crash investigation unit established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation into the incident.– NNN-AAP
