Quick thinking action by local police officers resulted in the safe rescue of a woman near Newstead yesterday.
Emergency services were called to the Pyrenees Highway about 2.50pm after reports a woman in her 70s was trapped in flood waters.
The local member from Newstead braved the flood waters and managed to float a rope to the woman.
She secured the rope to a tree and herself while two superintendents from Mildura and a member from Maldon continued to talk to the woman and keep her calm.
Swift Water Rescue Team units were soon on the scene and the woman was removed from the water.
Superintendent John O’Connor said that without the actions of local members the situation could easily have ended in tragedy.
