Three family members killed in Gunning water tank tragedy

By Steven Trask, Jessica Cole and Georgina Connery
Updated February 17 2017 - 12:40pm, first published 11:37am

A 69-year-old farmer doing routine maintenance on a water tank, his wife and brother were killed in a tragic accident near the NSW town of Yass on Thursday evening have been described as "pillars of the community".