The trailer broke off from the Honda on impact and the SUV caught fire, DPS said, KAMR reported. Mpaweingabire died along with five passengers, including Mapendo Olga, 28, and four children, ages 6, 5, 4 and 2, according to investigators.

A search for a missing 8-year-old girl entered its third day after a vehicle traveling from Oklahoma to Texas crashed into a drainage ditch.

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 tragic incident on Tuesday when her family's SUV left the roadway, got caught in a drainage ditch near U.S. 75 and Taylor Street, and was carried away by strong currents.

Crews are currently searching for a missing 8-year-old girl who was involved in a crash near Highway 75 on Christmas Eve in Sherman, Texas. According to a Facebook post from the Sherman Police Department,

Lieutenant Samuel Boyle said the vehicle left the road and got caught in a drainage ditch. He said the dangers escalated as rain poured down in the area.