An Australian television reporter and a bystander rescued a man from a car as it was engulfed by flood waters on Thursday (October 22), footage of the incident showed.

Will Murray, a journalist with Australia's public broadcaster ABC, was reporting on flooding north of the city of Brisbane in Queensland state, when a man drove a four-wheel drive through water. It then stalled and started to sink, the ABC said.

Murray and another man swam out to the car and pulled the driver from the vehicle, moments before it was completely submerged.

About 170 mm of rain (6.7 inches) had fallen in the town of Morayfield when the incident took place, the ABC said.

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MORAYFIELD, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA (OCTOBER 22, 2026) (AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION – Broadcast: No use Australia. Digital: No use Australia / .com.au internet sites / any internet site of any Australia based media organisations or mobile platforms / Australian NVO clients / smh.com.au / news.com.au)

1. AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION REPORTER, WILL MURRAY, AND A BYSTANDER SWIMMING OUT TO HELP DRIVER OF VEHICLE SINKING IN FLOODWATER, MEN GETTING ON VEHICLE TO BREAK BACK WIND SHIELD, MURRAY OPENING DOOR AS CAR SINKS AND DRIVER COMING OUT OF VEHICLE, BYSTANDER GIVING THUMBS UP

2. MEN IN FLOODWATER, WALKING BACK TO SAFETY

3. VEHICLE IN FLOODWATER / REPORTER AND CAMERA OPERATOR RUNNING TOWARDS VEHICLE IN SHOT 1 BEFORE IT SANK