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Blue Mountains landslide kills two
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Police will recover the bodies of a father and son today after a family of five were hit by a landslide in the New South Wales Blue Mountains. The 49-year-old father and his 9-year-old son died at the scene in Wentworth Falls yesterday afternoon. The 50-year-old mother and the couple's 14-year-old son were winched to hospital where they are fighting for life. The couple's 15-year-old daughter escaped uninjured. The family are British nationals who were holidaying in Australia.