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Crews Recover Girl's Body From Dallas Flood Waters

A rollover crash on Saturday evening led to a 7-year-old girl being ejected into flood waters in southern Dallas county. Rescue crews recovered her body hours after the accident.

The girl has been identified as Jordin Barrett.

The search began just after 6:00 p.m. Saturday off westbound U.S. 175 (CF Hawn Freeway) at 2nd Street. Recent rains rose the levels of White Rock Creek, which runs along U.S. 175 in that area.

Raul Reyna, public information officer for the Dallas County Sheriff, said a Ford Explorer driven by Johnathan Brandon Hawkins was traveling westbound along U.S. 175 when it attempted to change from the left lane to the center lane. However another vehicle was in the center lane.

Reyna said the Explorer swerved back into the left lane and hit a concrete barrier on the left side of the highway. The vehicle then crossed two lanes of traffic, a grassy median and flipped over. 

Reyna said a woman, Jona Flake, and her children ages 5, 6, 7 and 9 were passengers in the Explorer.  Barrett and a 9-year-old girl were thrown from the vehicle. Rescuers pulled the 9-year-old from the water. 

However, the water carried Barrett away. Rescuers searched by boat and by raft until they recovered her body around 8:00 p.m.

Flake and her three surviving children were treated at Parkland Hospital and Children's Medical Center Dallas. Police said they are in stable condition. Hawkins was not physically injured.

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