Divers find body in search for two men missing in flooded NSW stream

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The body of a man has been found during the search for two friends who were flung out of a ute and into a flooded New South Wales stream.

The pair were in the rear tray of the vehicle when it was driven onto a flooded causeway at Prestons Creek in the state's Southern Tablelands on Monday night.