BRISBANE, Queensland, March 10 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:

Police alongside the Rural Fire Service Queensland and community members have rescued a woman from a vehicle stranded in floodwaters at Glenore Grove this morning, March 10.

Emergency services were called around 8.30am after receiving reports a vehicle was trapped against trees after it had been swept into floodwater along Forrest Hill-Fernvale Road.

It is alleged the woman was attempting to drive through floodwaters on Blind Gully bridge when the incident occurred.

Two police officers entered floodwaters and managed to extract the woman, with the assistance of community and Rural Fire Service Queensland, from her vehicle and bring her to saf...