Three people found dead in water tank in NSW town of Gunning
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Police are investigating after three people died in an in-ground water tank on a property in the New South Wales Tablelands.
Police said a man was working inside the cement water tank on his property in Gunning, near Yass, when he collapsed.
Another man and a woman jumped into the tank to try to help and they also collapsed.
Police said the deceased were all known to each other and were believed to be in their 60s.
A neighbour called emergency services, who arrived to find the bodies of all three people.
Forensic officers have established a crime scene, but the deaths are not being treated as suspicious.
Topics: accidents---other, gunning-2581, yass-2582, nsw, act, australia
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