SYDNEY, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- A girl has died after a vehicle crashed and became submerged in a dam over 500 km north of Sydney in eastern Australia.
Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement on Thursday that emergency services were called to reports of the crash near the town of Tenterfield, 540 km north of Sydney in the state's New England region, around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The black SUV had crashed into a tree before entering the dam and becoming submerged, police said.
An 11-year-old girl who was a passenger in the vehicle was treated by ambulance paramedics after being pulled unresponsive from the water, but died at the scene.
The driver, a 50-year-old woman, was also pulled from the water and treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital in a stable condition.
NSW Police said that officers from the crash investigation unit established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation into the incident. ■