Bystanders attempted to save the family after they fell into the water at the popular picnic spot this morning.
A Georges River search and rescue mission has ended in tragedy after the bodies of a mother and her two young children were pulled from the waterway in Sydney's south-west.
Bystanders attempted to save the family after the three were seen in distress at 10.15am today before emergency services arrived.Man jailed for cocaine smuggling plot after evading police for decadePolice and volunteers from the State Emergency Service launched a large search and rescue operation for the woman's seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter.
"A number of bystanders that were there at the park made their own attempts to rescue the children and the mother."There is a number of lines of enquiry that we need to explore to determine what happened."A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.
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