A 15-year-old girl from the same family survived and was removed from the scene in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, officials added. He was later treated for shock. The boy and his 49-year-old father died at the Wentworth Falls hiking trail west of Sydney on Monday, police said. The family’s 50-year-old mother and her second son, who is 14, were transported from the valley by helicopter after a drug rescue operation, New South Wales police told reporters. The situation was “heartbreaking,” New South Wales ambulance inspector Stuart Clarke told reporters. The patients had “significant head and abdomen injuries” and had to undergo sedation and intubation to help them breathe before being safely taken, he added. The five vacationed in Australia, police said, some of the four million tourists who are attracted to the Blue Mountains National Park each year. Weeks of wet weather in Sydney preceded the landslide, leaving the area extremely dangerous and unstable for rescuers, said Detective John Nelson, of the Blue Mountains. Calling it a “tragic scene”, he said rescuers were working under quite difficult conditions. “At the moment a girl is leaving, who obviously is [and] extremely distressed. “ The weather was reasonable, he said, adding that he realized the hiking trail was open at the time. Emergency services were called to Wentworth Pass, Wentworth Falls, around 1:40 p.m. Police helicopters, local officers and a special rescue team were deployed to the remote location in a dense bush area, about a 90-minute walk from the car park. Ambulance priests and support police “also attended” to support our people “. The British consulate is helping.
