chloe escaped the submerged car , said .
hundreds of people farewelled the " heroic " mother stephanie king , 43 , and two of her children : ella jane , 11 , and seven - year - old jacob , at tweed heads elevation church this afternoon .
the vehicle has plunged into the swollen tweed river at tumbulgum , which had flooded following a lashing from cyclone debbie .
courtesy : 9 news an eight - year - old girl who was the sole survivor of a horror crash that killed her mother and two siblings in northern new south wales has spoken of how she escaped the sinking car .
stephanie king , 43 , died trying
chloe and her mother , sister and brother were in a car in the small town of tumbulgum in new south wales when it slid off a muddy road into a flooded river earlier this month .
speaking at a fundraiser for the remaining members of the family — chloe - may and her dad matt kabealo — the eight - year - old told of her miraculous escape .
only three weeks ago , chloe - may kabealo ’s world changed when she managed to get out of the van her mother , stephanie king , was driving .