Three members of the same family have died in a water tank in what appears to be a tragic accident on a property at Oolong, between Yass and Gunning on Thursday evening.
Police and other emergency services were called to a rural property, just off the Hume Highway on Thursday evening about 6.20pm, the Yass Tribune reported.
More NSW News Videos
- Video duration
- 01:34
Three family members found dead on NSW ...
Three family members found dead on NSW property
Police investigate how three members of a family died inside a water tank on a property in Gunning, near Yass, NSW on Thursday. Vision courtesy ABC News 24
Up Next
Fishermen revel in bull sharks influx
- Video duration
- 00:46
- Video duration
- 00:46
Fishermen revel in bull sharks influx
Fishermen revel in bull sharks influx
Recent hot weather has helped push salty conditions up the Macleay river, bringing an influx of bull sharks, to the joy of local fishermen.
Up Next
Sydney struck by severe storm
- Video duration
- 01:14
- Video duration
- 01:14
Sydney struck by severe storm
Sydney struck by severe storm
After days of hot weather parts of Sydney have been hit by hailstones, wild winds and flash flooding.
Up Next
Hailstones lash Sydney
- Video duration
- 00:52
- Video duration
- 00:52
Hailstones lash Sydney
Hailstones lash Sydney
Damaging winds and hailstones have struck parts of Sydney.
Up Next
AMA: hospital funding model is 'inadequate'
- Video duration
- 01:18
- Video duration
- 01:18
AMA: hospital funding model is ...
AMA: hospital funding model is 'inadequate'
Australian Medical Association president Dr Michael Gannon warns health professionals are having to do "more with less" due to inadequate funding.
Up Next
Anthony Bell challenges AVO
- Video duration
- 00:29
- Video duration
- 00:29
Anthony Bell challenges AVO
Anthony Bell challenges AVO
Accountant Anthony Bell has appeared in court in relation to an apprehended violence order sought on behalf of his estranged wife.
Up Next
Green light for $1 billion project
- Video duration
- 02:07
- Video duration
- 02:07
Green light for $1 billion project
Green light for $1 billion project
A new light rail line will connect Westmead to Carlingford via the Parramatta CBD in its first stage, which will open in 2023. Vision: NSW Government
Three family members found dead on NSW property
Police investigate how three members of a family died inside a water tank on a property in Gunning, near Yass, NSW on Thursday. Vision courtesy ABC News 24
It is understood a man had collapsed while working in an empty in-ground cement water tank.
Police have been told a second man and a woman went to his assistance, but also collapsed.
A neighbour contacted emergency services.
However, the bodies of the two men and the woman, all believed to be aged in their 60s, were found dead inside the water tank. The deceased men were understood to be brothers and the woman was married to one of the men.
It is believed investigators are looking at whether emissions from a petrol engine, possibly a pump in or near the well, contributed to the deaths. Just after 8pm, a gas detector had found high levels of CO2.
Emergency services personnel retrieved the bodies from the tank near the front of the property just after 9pm.
The deaths are not being treated as suspicious. A brief will be prepared for the Coroner, as officers from the Hume Local Area Command have established a crime scene to be examined by forensic officers.
The police from Goulburn had joined emergency services counterparts at the scene, including ambulance and fire and rescue personnel from Yass, and the State Emergency Service from Queanbeyan.
The Oolong property is just off the Hume Highway, about one kilometre from Gunning.
Yass Tribune