Dingo Station News Today

Two people spent nine hours trapped on the top of their car in crocodile infested waters after driving into flood waters in the Northern Territory. Several emergency service responders spent most of Saturday night attempting to rescue the Darwin residents after they attempted to cross the Dingo Station river crossing at Marrakai around 9pm. The duos Landcruiser was inundated as soon as it drove into the flood waters, rapidly reaching the vehicles windows and electric systems - causing them to ...

However, the police and seven emergency services responders were initially unable to send their boat to the vehicle as it was too big for the depth of the water. They were finally able to reach the pair about 6am on Easter Sunday, after sending a smaller boat to their car. A Northern Territory police spokeswoman told the Guardian that the pair lived in Darwin, and they were lucky because “there was every chance there would have been crocodiles” around the cars. She said officers didn’t sp...