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Texas authorities are expanding their search for an 8-year-old girl who went missing after a crash Christmas Eve in the morning, now considering other “targeted areas of interest”.
Officials in Sherman, Texas, said it was a six-person SUV from Durant, Oklahoma washed away by flood water on Highway 75 and landed in a drainage ditch around 9:30 a.m
Four days later, Sherman Police Chief Jason Jeffcoat said the eight-year-old girl was Clara Robinson remains missing.
Beloved high school coach and father Will Robinson and his family are shown before the tragic accident on Christmas Eve.
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“Search teams are continuing their efforts to search Post Oak Creek, near where the initial rescue efforts took place,” Jeffcoat said. “There are also teams searching a 10-mile stretch of Post Oak Creek and Choctaw Creek.”
On Friday, the police department used K9 teams, dive teams, drones and helicopters keep looking for Robinson.
The teams include personnel from the Sherman Fire Department, Sherman Police Department, Sherman Fire Department, Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Task Force 2, Texas Department of Emergency Management, Office of Emergency Management of Grayson County, Public Works, and Brady Baskin, a local lifeguard diver.
Texas Task Force 2 split its search team, focusing on creeks and other “target areas of interest,” which were not listed.
Sherman officials said they will continue to look for Clara until they find her.
The photo of the overturned car was shared by KXII. (KXII)
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Will Robinson, a father of four – including Clara – died in the crash while trying to save a five-year-old girl who was unresponsive when rescuers arrived.
The girl was later reunited with her family in what firefighters called “a great blessing in this tragedy.”
“Father [had] the little girl in his arms at one point during the event, and later they were no longer together, so it looked like he was trying to save her – definitely,” said Bart Bowman of Sherman Fire Rescue.
Police credit Will Robinson with saving a five-year-old girl who was also involved in the crash. (Owen Foundation)
“One of our guys was able to find a little girl under the water, he pulled her out and handed her over to one of our paramedics who was with him,” Bowman said. “That paramedic took her to the ambulance and they performed CPR on the way to the hospital. … Given that she almost drowned, it’s absolutely remarkable that she was released 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 would always bring CJ [his daughter, Clara] practice, and she would always play with us,” Kinlee Hill said.
The players noted that Robinson was an understanding coach and did his best to keep them in a positive mindset.
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“He was so patient with us girls,” player Emeri Morse said. “Honestly, I don’t think I can remember him ever raising his voice at us in anger. … [He and C.J] were absolutely two peas in a pod. They were at training, always together, and CJ would just run up to him or ask for snacks.”
Fox Texas Digital, and Fox 4’s Dan Godwin and David Sentendrey contributed to this story.
