Body found after car lost in floodwaters near Lismore
A body has been found following a search for a car swept into floodwaters in northern NSW.
Police divers found the body on Saturday morning, believed to be that of a 72-year-old man who went missing with his vehicle last Wednesday in Leycester Creek, Larnock.
The car became trapped in floodwaters on August 24 before being swept from a concrete causeway, leaving the elderly man clinging to a tree.
The man's car was swept off a bridge in NSW. Source: 7News
Witnesses at the scene. Source: 7News
Horrified witnesses watched on helplessly as the man was pulled downstream by the raging floodwaters.
An extensive four-day search with police and SES volunteers followed with the search called off on Saturday following the discovery.
The body is yet to be formally identified.
