‘It was intense to watch’: Man slips and falls into croc-infested Cahills Crossing after group floods car

A HEART in mouth moment is how a Territorian has described watching a stranded group of people walk across and slip into one of Australia’s deadliest bodies of water. WATCH the VIDEO HERE

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A HEART in mouth moment was how a Territorian described watching a stranded group of people walk across and slip into one of Australia’s deadliest bodies of water.

Naomi, who did not want to give her surname, was at Cahills Crossing last Saturday to take her croc-obsessed toddler out reptile spotting, when the family saw two cars become flooded.

She said the first car reversed out in a panic, while the second car, a blue Ford, became th latest casualty to the croc-infested causeway.

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The group of four people inside were forced to climb out of the windows and walk across the rest of the crossing to safety.

Naomi filmed the group’s treacherous journey, during which one person slipped into the water twice — the first time prior to filming.

“It was intense to watch,” she said.

A group of people stranded on Cahills Crossing had to rock hop across the notorious body of water to escape. Picture: Supplied

A group of people stranded on Cahills Crossing had to rock hop across the notorious body of water to escape. Picture: Supplied

“You’re standing there watching and unable to do anything to help and hoping they make it to the other side.

“It was a kind of heart in mouth moment, not knowing whether you’re about to see someone be attacked.”

The group made it to the other side but Naomi said it was a nerve-wracking few minutes.

“From the viewing platform where we were standing, there’s a memorial nearby to someone who lost their life there, and there’s signs fatal croc attacks have happened there,” she said.

“It’s there in your mind as you’re standing there, watching people rock hop over croc infested waters.”

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Naomi said people on a nearby boat were able to put straps through the Ford and allow another car to pull it from the water.

Each year Cahills Crossing claims dozens of cars, with one of its more recent victims a Subaru Forester last week.

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Originally published as ‘It was intense to watch’: Man slips and falls into croc-infested Cahills Crossing after group floods car