# Kids Drive 35 Kilometres Alone For Help

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/family/kids/kids-drive-35-kilometres-alone-for-help/
- Published: 2015-12-08T18:00:31+11:00
- Author: Cherie Bobbins

## _After heading down the property’s well to install�a water pump, the 29 year old father was overcome by fumes._

Their 28 year old mother went down after him however, she fell onto a ledge when
the rope ladder broke rendering the pair stranded in the well.

Their�two resourceful children aged 12 and 13 drove�more than 35 kilometres from
their remote property in NSW�for assistance, after their parents became trapped 
at the bottom of the�well.

Having been raised on the rural�property, the children were adept at driving.

According to [news](http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/children-drive-for-help-after-parents-fall-in-well/news-story/79ef3c35f5b7ca101d9fbcc737fb5a82),
police say the courageous pair were unsuccessful in attempts to save their father
in time as he has since died. The mother is in a serious condition at Orange Base
Hospital suffering from shock and possible carbon monoxide poisoning.

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