SHERMAN, Texas – North Texas authorities remained hopeful as the search continued for an 8-year-old Oklahoma girl who was swept away in floodwaters after her family's SUV crashed into a ditch earlier this week.

News outlets report that the missing girl's father, Will Robinson, was a coach for the Durant High School Lady Lions basketball team.

Authorities in Texas are continuing to search Saturday for an 8-year-old girl from Oklahoma who was swept away in floodwaters after a vehicle crash on Christmas Eve. They say her father, who is a coach in Durant,

An 8-year-old girl remains missing following a Christmas Eve crash that killed her father, Texas authorities say. The Sherman Police Department said a vehicle left US-75 the morning of Dec. 24 and got caught in a drainage ditch, according to a Facebook post. The vehicle then traveled down a creek.

The search for 8-year-old Clara Robinson entered its fifth day on Saturday as rescue teams continued to comb through floodwaters.

The search for a missing 8-year-old Oklahoma girl continued Saturday as rescue teams in North Texas combed through floodwaters that swept her away on Christmas Eve. Clara Robinson's father, 36-year-old Will Robinson,

A season of celebration around the world has become a time of tragedy for an Oklahoma family. A father of four is dead and an 8-year-old girl remains missing after a road accident early on Christmas Eve in Sherman,