An 11-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a dam in northern New South Wales. Photo / Getty Images
An 11-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a dam in northern New South Wales. Photo / Getty Images
An 11-year-old girl has died, and a woman has been hospitalised, after a car crashed into a dam in northern New South Wales.
The girl was pulled unresponsive from the dam off the Bruxner Highway at Tenterfield – in the Australian state’s New England region – after the car crashedat about 3.30pm on Wednesday.
Police believe the black SUV crashed into a tree before plunging into the dam and becoming submerged.
The 11-year-old was treated by paramedics at the scene but could not be saved.
The driver, a 50-year-old woman, was also pulled from the water and treated at the scene before being taken to Tenterfield Hospital in a stable condition.
Police have established a crime scene, with officers from the Crash Investigation Unit involved in the probe.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
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