A search is under way for a man feared drowned in a submerged car. Photo: Michelle Kroll.
UPDATED 2:25 pm, Wednesday: NSW Police have found the body of a man in a car which was submerged at the Audley Weir. Police divers recovered the body about 10:20 am; he is yet to be formally identified. Sutherland Police were told a blue Audi sedan and a silver Mercedes sedan were travelling on Audley Road, near Riverside Road, Audley, before the blue sedan left the roadway, entered the water and sank. The 20-year-old male driver escaped the vehicle, however his male passenger aged in his 20s did not.
A man is feared drowned after he became trapped in a submerged car in the Royal National Park in the early hours of Wednesday (6 May).
A NSW Police spokesperson said a multiagency search operation was underway to find the car’s passenger, believed to be aged in his 20s.
Emergency services were called at about 1:15 am on Wednesday after reports a vehicle had gone underwater at Audley Weir.
Sutherland Shire police found a vehicle with two occupants had left the road before entering the water and becoming submerged.
The driver – a 20-year-old man – managed to get out of the vehicle and was taken to hospital for mandatory testing. However, his passenger remained trapped in the vehicle.
Audley Road at Audley Weir is closed in both directions and motorists are urged to avoid the area and use an alternative route.
