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Pratten community rallies behind heartbroken family
A small Queensland community will turn its annual Christmas party into a fundraising event after a local family was struck by unthinkable tragedy at the weekend.
Parents Mel Martin and Dylan Wadley are recovering in Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane after their car smashed through a guard rail and rolled into Wyaralong Dam on Sunday.
The couple were able to escape their submerged car with their five-week old daughter, Hope, and one-year-old son, Ace, but tragically struggled to open the car to save Ms Martin’s 13-year-old son Leo, and four-year-old daughter Mia, despite desperate efforts by Dylan.
Ace remains in a critical condition in Queensland Children’s Hospital.
The family had been travelling from the Gold Coast to their home…
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