The search for a missing 8-year-old girl is underway after a vehicle traveling from Oklahoma to Texas crashed into a flooded drainage ditch on Christmas Eve in Sherman, killing one. >> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.The Sherman Police Department told KXII that a white Chevrolet Traverse with six people inside crashed into a drainage ditch off U.S. Highway 75 around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The vehicle was then carried by strong waters in the drainage ditch. Four people were rescued and taken to Sherman Medical Center, according to KXII. One person's body was recovered late Tuesday afternoon, and first responders have been searching for a missing 8-year-old girl. Police told KXII that the family was traveling from Durant to McKinney, Texas. Information about the family, including names and ages, has not been released. Crews, including Texas Task Force 2 and state search and rescue teams, have helped in the search that continued into Christmas Day. They expanded their search to outside of Sherman and into the lower branches of Post Oak and Choctaw creeks, according to police. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppSearchers covered about seven miles of creek on Wednesday but did not find the missing girl. Police said they shifted their focus into the county, targeting some possible locations that had not been searched yet. "In crises like these, we are blessed to serve a community that so badly wants to help in any way they can," Sherman Police Department officials wrote in a Facebook post. "We have dozens of first responders involved in this search, many with extensive training in searching in hazardous conditions. We currently do not need any additional volunteers."Anyone with information about the search is asked to call the Sherman Police Department's non-emergency number at 903-892-7290. Top Headlines TIMELINE: Rain and storms with a low severe threat possible Thursday Emotional reunion: 130 National Guard soldiers return home after nearly a year overseas Inmates help spread Christmas spirit at Oklahoma correctional centers Beyoncé's halftime performance highlights Christmas Day entertainment Whooping cough cases in the US are the highest they've been in a decade
The search for a missing 8-year-old girl is underway after a vehicle traveling from Oklahoma to Texas crashed into a flooded drainage ditch on Christmas Eve in Sherman, killing one.
>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
The Sherman Police Department told KXII that a white Chevrolet Traverse with six people inside crashed into a drainage ditch off U.S. Highway 75 around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The vehicle was then carried by strong waters in the drainage ditch.
Four people were rescued and taken to Sherman Medical Center, according to KXII. One person's body was recovered late Tuesday afternoon, and first responders have been searching for a missing 8-year-old girl.
Police told KXII that the family was traveling from Durant to McKinney, Texas. Information about the family, including names and ages, has not been released.
Crews, including Texas Task Force 2 and state search and rescue teams, have helped in the search that continued into Christmas Day. They expanded their search to outside of Sherman and into the lower branches of Post Oak and Choctaw creeks, according to police.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
Searchers covered about seven miles of creek on Wednesday but did not find the missing girl. Police said they shifted their focus into the county, targeting some possible locations that had not been searched yet.
"In crises like these, we are blessed to serve a community that so badly wants to help in any way they can," Sherman Police Department officials wrote in a Facebook post. "We have dozens of first responders involved in this search, many with extensive training in searching in hazardous conditions. We currently do not need any additional volunteers."
Anyone with information about the search is asked to call the Sherman Police Department's non-emergency number at 903-892-7290.
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