Pictured: British finance lawyer who was killed alongside son, 9, in Australian landslide

6 April 2022, 07:47 | Updated: 6 April 2022, 11:03

Mehraab Nazir, 49, and his son, 9, were killed while hiking in Australia
Mehraab Nazir, 49, and his son, 9, were killed while hiking in Australia. Picture: Website

By Megan Hinton

A British executive has been identified as the victim of a freak landslide alongside his youngest son while on holiday in Australia.

Mehraab Nazir, 49, and his nine-year-old son were killed on holiday, when they were caught in the landslide in the Blue Mountains, 100 miles west of Sydney, on Monday.

The 50-year-old father and a nine-year-old son died at the scene. Their bodies were recovered around 9.30am on Tuesday.

Mr Nazir's wife remains in a critical condition in an intensive care unit and his other 14-year-old son has undergone surgery and is in a stable condition, the couple's 15-year-old daughter remains under observation, police said.

The young girl has been hailed a hero after she managed to escape without injury and raised the alarm before making a harrowing 90-minute hike to safety alone.

It has been reported that the distraught teen dialled triple 0 and told an emergency operator: “I don’t know where we are”.

It's understood the two teenagers have been reunited with their godmother while their mother remains in a critical condition in hospital.

New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet called the incident "tragic" and said he would be seeking advice as to whether the walking track should have been open given recent heavy rain.

"These tragedies occur too often so anything we can do to keep people safe, we will," Mr Perrottet told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday.

"Obviously, the Blue Mountains is a place where people love to go trekking. It's one of the wonders of the world but when those tragedies occur it would be remiss of any government not to act."

Following the removal of the bodies, the New South Wales Department of Environment and Heritage announced that the area was closed to the public until further notice and a "comprehensive review" would be undertaken.

"(New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service) has a world class program in place to assess geotechnical risks and maintain the safety of walking tracks and other infrastructure to the greatest extent practicable," the statement said.

"Unfortunately it is not possible to predict and eliminate all natural risks such as rockslides, which can occasionally occur around the state."

The Nazir family moved to Singapore from London more than a decade ago for Mr Nazir to become a partner at top advisory firm Watson Farley and Williams.

The Department added that the walking track was inspected in the days before the rockslide as part of a routine track assessment program.

A British High Commission spokesperson said: "We are supporting the family of a British couple and their children following an incident in the Blue Mountains.

"Our staff in Australia are in contact with local police."

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