![A five-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she - likely unknowingly - saved her younger brother's life after both their parents were killed in a car crash that left them all stranded for days. [Screenshot Nine News Perth]](https://images.dailycaller.com/image/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,f=auto/https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screenshot-2022-12-29-at-9.44.11-AM-e1672325378814.png "A five-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she - likely unknowingly - saved her younger brother's life after both their parents were killed in a car crash that left them all stranded for days. [Screenshot Nine News Perth]")
A five-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she — likely unknowingly — saved her younger brother’s life after both their parents were killed in a car crash that left them all stranded for days.
The tragic incident came to light Tuesday when a family member became concerned after 25-year-old Cindy Braddock, 28-year-old Jake Day and their three young children did not show up for a Christmas celebration, according to CNN affiliate Nine News.
Western Australia Police found the family’s Land Rover Discovery on Tuesday morning in the small town of Kondinin, with Braddock and Day declared dead at the scene, according to the report. (RELATED: Video Shows Good Samaritans, First Responders Rescuing Great-Grandmother And Child Pinned Under Car In Florida)
We have an update on the young siblings who survived more than two days waiting at a roadside wreck.
Their parents Jake Day and Cindy Braddock crashed just 10 kilometres from their home town of Kondinin, dying at the scene. @ashhiron #9News pic.twitter.com/R6ppk00U27
— 9News Perth (@9NewsPerth) December 29, 2022
Flowers have been placed at the crash site near Kondinin where Parents Jake Day and Cindy Braddock died. Their 3 surviving children are in a stable condition at Perth Children’s Hospital. pic.twitter.com/Df1oIosViZ
— Ashtyn Hiron (@ashhiron) December 28, 2022
Their three children — ages, five, two and one — survived the accident but were trapped in the car for days, according to the report.
“Basically they were stuck in the car for the 55 hours in 30-degree [Celsius — about 86 Fahrenheit] heat,” relative Michael Read told Nine News. “Nobody knows what they went through.”
Read said the five-year-old likely saved her brother’s life unknowingly when she unstrapped him from his car seat.
“If it wasn’t for the 5-year-old undoing the buckle of the 1-year-old’s car seat, he wouldn’t be with us today,” Read reportedly said. “She’ll probably not know for a few years.”
The children were immediately taken to a nearby hospital and treated for severe dehydration, according to the report. The children did not sustain any other life threatening injures.