Queensland man David Hornman mourned as ‘beautiful son’ after suspected flood death

The devastated mother of a Queensland man found dead in a flooded creek wishes God had taken her instead.

Suzy Allington is mourning the death of David Hornman, whose body was found in his submerged ute in the swollen Canungra Creek, inland from the Gold Coast, on Wednesday.

Swift water rescue crews and police divers fought strong currents to retrieve the vehicle with the body of the 38-year-old husband and father still inside.

Police investigations are centred on whether he crossed a flooded…