An Ari­ma man es­caped death ear­li­er to­day when he was res­cued from rag­ing flood wa­ters by his nephew. Fifty five year old Drick Nar­ine Pol­lard was try­ing to help his moth­er se­cure her be­long­ings when flood wa­ters start­ed to rise along the Ari­ma Old Road Dabadie around 10am.

Pol­lard was swept away by the flood wa­ters and can be seen in this video fight­ing for his life. He was washed out to a near­by riv­er but man­aged to cling on to a tree. One of his nephews was able to res­cue Pol­lard with­in min­utes.

An­oth­er nephew, An­tho­ny Nan­hay says the fam­i­ly called for an am­bu­lance but none was avail­able. He said Pol­lard sus­tained some in­juries but is rest­ing at home.