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Mitsubishi Triton swept away in floodwaters in Queensland captured on dashcam

Dashcam footage captures the terrifying moment a Mitsubishi Triton is swept away in raging floodwaters in Queensland, forcing the occupants to flee. WATCH THE VIDEO

Terrifying moment a ute is engulfed by floodwaters in Queensland

The terrifying moment a ute gets washed away in floodwaters leaving the driver and passenger to escape in a panic has been caught on film from behind the dashboard.

A couple captured the moment they attempted to drive their 4WD Triton ute across a flooded road on the Leichhardt Hwy north of Goondiwindi during the February flood disaster.

The Mitsubishi Triton attempts to cross floodwaters on the Leichhardt Hwy north of Goondiwindi. Picture: Supplied
The Mitsubishi Triton attempts to cross floodwaters on the Leichhardt Hwy north of Goondiwindi. Picture: Supplied

After a few moments of seemingly shallow floodwaters, the water starts to rise over the bonnet and the car appears to lose traction on the road.

“Keep going, you have to keep going now,” the woman in the passenger vehicle said to what’s believed to be her partner behind the wheel.

The Triton is pushed off the road into the raging floodwaters.
The Triton is pushed off the road into the raging floodwaters.

The water then rushes up above the bonnet and the car appears to come to a worrying stop in the middle of the rushing water.

The woman starts to call out to her partner in a panicked voice as the car completely gets washed off the road and can be seen narrowly missing trees as it rushes deeper into the floodwater.

The ute starts to become submerged.
The ute starts to become submerged.

The man then tells his partner to “get your purse” as the water starts to entirely consume the windscreen.

“Babe, I’m scared,” the woman said to her partner before they both urgently climbed out of the car.

Water gushes into the Triton as the occupants flee.
Water gushes into the Triton as the occupants flee.

The footage then shows water rushing into the cab as the pair climb out the driver’s side door and swim out, abandoning the Triton in the rushing floods.

The February floods saw 19 people lose their lives in floodwaters this year across the state, which was the highest since the 2010-2011 floods when 33 died.

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