Three young children were left stranded for 55 hours after a horror crash in Australia.
Cindy Braddock, 25, and Jake Day, 28 died when their Land Rover Discovery came off the road on Christmas Day.
Their children – aged five, two and one – sheltered in the shell of the damaged car until they were discovered more two days later. Cindy and Jake had been driving through the night along the remote Corrigin-Kondinin Road in Western Australia.The couple’s devastated family have now made a desperate plea to motorists, urging them ‘don’t drive tired’.: ‘They got out, put fuel in, then they came in, they went to the toilet, they came and bought drinks and snacks and stuff for the road.
‘They looked very exhausted. He told me he was heading to Kondinin and that it was a couple of hours drive.‘He didn’t buy a coffee. Then he left, I told him good luck with the long drive.Cindy and Jake’s five-year-old daughter reportedly saved the lives of her young brothers.The family were just 10km from home when their car came off the road ‘She’s a legend, she always has been… she’s a strong little girl,’ he told‘I appreciate the people who were out there helping us look for them.
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