Three deceased in NT river tragedy

Three people have died after their vehicle washed off a river crossing south of Darwin.

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Three people are confirmed dead after a vehicle washed off a causeway south of Darwin.

Police said they had recovered the bodies of a 61-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman and were working on retrieving the body of a 21-year-old man on Saturday afternoon.

Divers were sent in to reach the vehicle, which became submerged in the Moyle River near the Indigenous township of Peppimenarti about 9pm on Friday.