Helicopters expand with drones used to search for missing 8-year-old girl after crash

Texas authorities are expanding their search for an 8-year-old girl who went missing after a crash Christmas night morning, now considering other “targeted areas of interest.”

Sherman, Texas officials said there was an SUV carrying six people from Durant, Oklahoma the flood carried away the waters It crashed into a water channel on the side of the road around 09:30 in the morning on Highway No. 75

Four days later, Sherman Police Chief Jason Jeffcoat told Clara Robinson, an 8-year-old girl. remains missing.

Beloved high school coach and father Will Robinson and his family are pictured before the tragic accident on Christmas Eve.

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“Search teams are continuing to search Post Oak Creek near the area where the initial rescue was conducted,” Jeffcoat said. “There are also teams searching the 10-mile stretch of Post Oak Creek and Choctaw Creek.”

On Friday, the police department used K9 teams, dive teams, drone teams and helicopters. continue searching For Robinson.

The teams include officers from the Sherman Fire Department, Sherman Police Department, Sherman Fire Rescue, Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Task Force Two, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Grayson County Office of Emergency Management . , Public Works and local rescue diver Brady Baskin.

Texas Task Force Two has detached its team to search, focusing on both creeks and other unspecified “targeted areas of interest.”

Sherman officials said they will continue to search until they find Clara.

KXII shared the photo of the overturned car. (KXII)

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Will Robinson, a father of four, including Clara, died in the crash while trying to save the 5-year-old girl, who was unresponsive when paramedics arrived.

The girl was later reunited with her family, which firefighters said was a “great blessing in this tragedy.”

“The father had his little girl in his arms (at the time of the incident) and then they weren’t together, so he was trying to save her — definitely,” said Bart Bowman of Sherman Fire Rescue.

Police credit Will Robinson for saving 5-year-old girl involved in crash. (Owen Foundation)

“One of our guys was able to find the little girl under the water, pulled her out and handed her over to one of our paramedics who was with her,” Bowman said. “That paramedic took him to the emergency room and they did CPR on the way to the hospital. … With a drowning like that, it’s absolutely remarkable that he was able to go home the next day without any problems. That’s a great blessing in this tragedy.”

Community members told Fox 4 that Will Robinson was the girls basketball coach at Durant High School in Oklahoma.

“He always brought CJ (daughter Clara) to practice and she always played with us,” Kinley Hill said.

The players noted that Robinson was an understanding coach and said he did everything he could to keep them in a positive frame of mind.

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“She was very patient with us girls,” said player Emery Morse. “Honestly, I don’t think I can ever remember him ever raising his voice in anger at us. … (He and CJ) were absolutely two peas in a pod. They were at practice, always together, and CJ would just run. Ask him or a snack.”

Fox Texas Digital and Fox 4’s Dan Godwin and David Sentendrey contributed to this story.