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A British dad and son were crushed to death when a landslide fell on a family-of-five in Australia.
Two more people in the same family are fighting are for their lives after a landslide struck at a popular walking track in the Blue Mountains on Monday afternoon.
Emergency services raced to the scene at about 1.40pm local time following reports a landslide had fallen onto a group of bushwalkers on the Wentworth Pass track at Wentworth Falls.
The dad, aged 49, and nine-year-old son were killed, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The mum, 50, and the other son, 14, are in hospital with critical injuries.
The couple’s 15-year-old daughter miraciously walked away unharmed and is currently being treated for shock.
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