Just before 8pm, emergency services responded to reports that two vehicles were trapped in flood waters at McGrane Way at Tullamore, north-west of Parkes.Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free onFour of the occupants managed to escape the vehicles and were found clinging to trees to avoid the dangerous currents.
Police, along with local SES and Rural Fire Services were able to rescue the people with assistance from a flood boat and paramedics.A five-year-old child is missing as four people have been rescued in floodwaters in western NSW.A five-year-old child from one of the vehicles has not yet been accounted for, according to police.
The two vehicles remain submerged in floodwaters, where there has been heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours.Police will remain at the scene and wait until they can access the vehicles.