A Christmas Eve 'disaster' leaves a high school coach dead and his daughter missing

An Oklahoma basketball coach and father of four was found dead and his 8-year-old daughter missing after the family's car was swept away by flash floods in Texas on Christmas Eve.

Will Robinson, a high school coach from Durant, Oklahoma, his wife and four children were driving in their SUV Tuesday morning when the car went off the road, got caught in a sinkhole in Sherman, Texas and was swept away by powerful waves.

All six family members were trapped inside, according to the Sherman Police Department. Robinson did not survive, while four other family members were rescued. The family's 8-year-old daughter has not been found.

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The search for the little girl, who authorities said had already gone 7 kilometers into the creek as of Wednesday, continues into its third day, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has authorized a state search and rescue team to help find the child.

“We are shifting our focus to the region, looking at other areas we haven't looked at yet,” the Sherman Police Department said in a statement Wednesday afternoon, adding, “Our search will continue until dark today, and then we will resume the search again before daylight.”

The cause of Tuesday's accident “was probably related to the accumulation of a lot of water and possibly hydroplaning, which is a very dangerous situation,” Lieutenant Samuel Boyle of the Sherman Police Department told KXII News 12. “Once they're in that sewer, they're really at the mercy of the water flow and the speed that it's going down. ”

“It's a tragedy, really,” he added.

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High school basketball coach Will Robinson, who was found dead after flash floods washed away his family's SUV on Christmas Eve (Facebook)

“This is so sad, and what happened on Christmas Eve makes it unbearable,” Robinson's cousin wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday. “Will was one of the best—a devoted husband and father, a beloved basketball coach, and just a great person…please keep the entire Robinson family in your thoughts and prayers.”

Multiple local and state agencies, including Texas Task Force 2, are cooperating in the search, police said.

“In critical situations like this, we are blessed to serve a community that is desperate to help in any way possible. We have dozens of first responders involved in this investigation, many with extensive training in searching for dangerous situations,” Sherman police continued. in their statement, they added that they currently do not need any more volunteers.

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Robinson and his family were photographed before their tragic accident on Christmas Eve (Facebook/Will Robinson)

The Sherman Police Department asked anyone with relevant information about the case to call their non-emergency number at 903-892-7290.

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“Please drive carefully,” Boyle told a local Texas news outlet, in a message to all drivers in wet or flooded conditions.

“Even if you think your car can go through the big standing water, please think about turning around and taking another route because once you hit that standing water, you have lost control.”