British father and nine -year -old son killed on an astralual hiking trail at landslide

The corpses of a British father and son who were killed in a landslide in the Blue Mountains in Australia were recovered by the police.

A spokesman for the New South Wales police confirmed to the news agency PA that the bodies of the 49-year-old man and his nine-year-old son were brought out by Polair on Tuesday.

Five members of the same family were recorded by a landslide on Monday during a vacation in Australia.

In conversation with the radio station 2GB, the incumbent superintendent of the Blue Mountain Area Command, John Nelson, said that the emergency services concentrate on the care of the two surviving family members who were seriously injured in the landslide.

He said that the 50-year-old woman and the 14-year-old boy were in a critical condition in the West Mead Hospital in Sydney.

After the incident, they were brought to the hospital with considerable head and abdominal injuries on the hiking trail, which was reported to the emergency services at around 1:40 p.m.

The nine -year -old and his father died in the Blue Mountains, about 100 miles west of Sydney, the police from New South Wales said.

A 15-year-old girl from the same family survived and left the scene on foot, accompanied by emergency services, said officials from the New South Wales Police Force. It is treated for shock.

Mr. Nelson described the 15-year-old as "extremely desperate".

'Heart tearing'

Stuart Clarke, the superintendent of the ambulance of New South Wales, described the situation as "heartbreaking".

The British consulate said it supported in the matter.

The landslide follows for weeks of wet weather in Sydney. The Blue Mountains attract four million tourists every year, most of all national parks in Australia.

The area is extremely dangerous for rescuers and unstable, said Detective Superintendent John Nelson from Blue Mountains area command.