Will Murray and bystander rescue driver from sinking vehicle

ABC reporter Will Murray and another bystander rescued a driver from a four-wheel-drive vehicle as it sank in floodwater at Morayfield, north of Brisbane, on October 22. Footage showed the men pulling the driver free shortly before the vehicle disappeared beneath the water. Murray was reporting on flooding in Queensland when the vehicle entered water on Buchanan Road, stalled and began drifting and sinking. According to accounts of the incident, Murray called emergency services before entering the water. As the driver appeared unable to get out and the vehicle was rapidly going under, Murray and the bystander swam to it. Murray said the driver’s door would not open. He went around to the other side and, bracing his feet against the vehicle, helped pull the driver through an opening. The second man assisted in the rescue, and the two guided the driver toward shallower water. The vehicle was fully submerged soon afterward. The driver spoke with paramedics and police at the scene and was not taken to hospital, according to one account. The available reporting does not identify the other rescuer consistently, so he is described here as a bystander. Rainfall measurements reported...