There is still no sign of Clara Robinson. On Monday, the search for the 8-year-old girl missing after her family's car hydroplaned off U.S. Highway 75 and into Post Oak Creek on Christmas Eve morning enters its seventh day.
According to the Sherman Police Department, search teams got an early start Monday and resumed search operations before daylight.
Police said the search will continue until she's found.
We urge the community to continue praying. Pray for our efforts to find Clara. Pray for continued good weather. Please, most importantly, pray for the Robinson family. This tragedy is unfathomable.
Sherman Police Department via Facebook
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Multiple local, regional, and state first responders are involved in search efforts in the water, on the ground, and in the air.
On Sunday, the North Texas Division of Texas Search and Rescue, a non-governmental search and rescue organization, joined in the search, according to the Sherman Police Department.
A local diver returned to help search areas of the creek where the water is too deep for other search teams, according to the Sherman police. Search personnel are also using kayaks, K9 teams, and drones.
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On Saturday, the search operations focused on large piles of driftwood after recent storms and possible eddies in the targeted search area along Post Oak Creek and Choctaw Creek.
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, as the Robinson family traveled from Oklahoma to celebrate Christmas in McKinney, their vehicle careened off U.S. 75 and police received a call about a car being swept away by floodwaters in a drainage ditch of Post Oak Creek.
The Sherman Police Department and Sherman Fire-Rescue were able to rescue four of the six passengers in the vehicle; one of them was a 5-year-old girl who was found underwater and unresponsive. Sherman first responders saved her, and she was released from the hospital the next day.
Sherman police said the family patriarch, Will Robinson, died during the crash.
The Durant Independent School District in Oklahoma said publicly that Will Robinson was a coach in the district. Counselors will be on hand as students return to class after the holiday break.
Vigils were held Friday evening and Saturday afternoon as the Grayson County community prayed for the family and the first responders searching for Clara Robinson.
Sherman police have warned about donation campaigns launched claiming to benefit the Robinson family. The Sherman Police Department confirmed an account at First United Bank has been created for donation purposes and is the only verified fundraiser.
Anyone with any information that can help in the search effort is asked to call the Sherman Police Department’s non-emergency number, 903-892-7290.
