Baby missing after mother and toddler found dead off coast of South Australia

Emergency services pulled the bodies from the ocean at Port Macdonnell as hopes of finding second child fade

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A baby is missing off the coast of South Australia after the bodies of a mother and her toddler were pulled from the ocean below treacherous cliffs.

Emergency services were called to the state’s southernmost coastal town, Port Macdonnell, about 11am on Monday after a vehicle with its engine running was discovered in a car park near cliffs at Cape Northumberland, police said.