"Holy moly, what's happened here?" That was the first thought that ran through Senior Constable Richard Hansen's mind when he arrived at a flooded causeway near Dungog on Thursday morning to find a woman clinging to the side of a four-wheel-drive that had been inundated by fast-moving water.
On his own and with back-up about 25 minutes away from the location at Bingleburra, the part-time Police Rescue Squad operator attached his body-worn camera to the bull bar of his vehicle and waded in to get a better handle on the situation.