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| Man and two children found dead in car that drove off wharf at Port Lincoln | Man and two children found dead in car that drove off wharf at Port Lincoln |
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| The bodies of a man and two small children have been pulled from a car that drove off a wharf at Port Lincoln, South Australia, on Monday morning. | The bodies of a man and two small children have been pulled from a car that drove off a wharf at Port Lincoln, South Australia, on Monday morning. |
| South Australian police said they were called just after 6am when witnesses reported seeing a white car that was apparently driven off the wharf at high speed into 30m of water in the Eyre Peninsula town. | |
| The car involved in the Port Lincoln tragedy has been retrieved from the water off Brennan's Wharf. #9News pic.twitter.com/PcoALGsGyO | |
| Police divers found the bodies just before 12.30pm. Police said they had not yet been identified, but were believed to be known to one another. | Police divers found the bodies just before 12.30pm. Police said they had not yet been identified, but were believed to be known to one another. |
| A rifle with a telescopic sight was also recovered from the water, the Adelaide Advertiser reported. | A rifle with a telescopic sight was also recovered from the water, the Adelaide Advertiser reported. |
| A police spokesman said witnesses reported the car being “driven off the wharf at considerable speed about 6am and sank straight away”, the Advertiser reported. | A police spokesman said witnesses reported the car being “driven off the wharf at considerable speed about 6am and sank straight away”, the Advertiser reported. |
| “They think it was going quite fast and as it went in, it kind of flipped,” he said. | “They think it was going quite fast and as it went in, it kind of flipped,” he said. |
| #BREAKING: Police have pulled a rifle from the water, near where a car plunged off a Port Lincoln wharf. #9Newscomau pic.twitter.com/ZCQGSYvBih | |
| City of Port Lincoln mayor Bruce Green said he felt “empty” after hearing the news. | |
| “You’re just dumbfounded as to why these things can happen and you just feel - you don’t have any power in solving what’s just happened or changing what’s just happened. So you just feel a little empty,” he said. | |
| Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000. | Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000. |