Drunk driver abandoned his partner and young children in a submerged car and FLED

A drunk man who drove his partner and young children, aged four and six, into flood waters west of Brisbane tried to flee after calling police to say his family needed help.

Police found the man’s partner and children, aged four and six, safe but distressed after they managed to free themselves from the flooded vehicle in the Ipswich suburb of Karrabin about 8.30pm on Thursday.

That was at the height of wild weather that lashed Queensland’s southeast, as the remnants of ex-cyclone Debbie moved south, dumping torrential rain.

Source: Drink-driver left family in Queensland flood waters | Daily Mail Online