Update, 10.03am: Police are still searching for an 85-year-old Macarthur man after a ute was swept into floodwaters on Wednesday in Wallacedale.
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Emergency service were called to the incident about 5pm on Ryans Road on Wednesday.
The 85-year-old driver was not believed to be in the white Landcruiser and police are still trying to find his whereabouts.
Two dogs were tied to the back of ute and one of the pets has died.
Local police are on scene on Thursday morning along with the Water Police swift water rescue team who are currently in the water searching.
The vehicle remains submerged near the end of Ryans Road.
Anyone with information is urged to contact triple zero (000).
Update, 7.30am: Victoria Police search and rescue squad members are expected to coordinate a search for an elderly man missing after his ute was swept away in flood waters at Wallacedale on Wednesday.
Hamilton police Sergeant Gavin Blair said there was still no outcome and the search would resume about 25 kilometres south-west of Hamilton on Thursday morning.
He said the ute was located at Ryans Road Wallacedale about 5pm Wednesday but there was no sign of the elderly man, believed to be in his late 70s or early 80s.
“The search was suspended on Wednesday night due to fast running water and darkness,” he said
“The search and rescue squad has been contacted and are expected to be involved in the search,” he said.
Wednesday, 10pm: A search is currently underway for the driver of a vehicle swept away by floodwater this evening.
A police media spokesman said the ute was impacted by floodwater at 5pm when it entered a creek on Wallacedale-byaduk Road.
The ute was located in a dam near Hamilton where Victoria Police and 12 Victoria State Emergency Service (SES) members now search for a missing person.
“At this stage police do not believe the driver is in the vehicle and are still trying to establish his whereabouts,” he said.
Further information was unable to be provided at this time.
SES incident controller Ray Jasper advised others in the south-west to never to drive through flood water.
“We’ve been saying it all day,” he said.
“Never enter flood water. You don’t know what’s in it.”
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