Man dead, child missing after both were swept into creek near Mountain Creek Lake

Search continues Sunday morning for child swept into creek

Dallas Fire-Rescue says search teams will be back out Sunday morning to search for a child missing in a creek that feeds Mountain Creek Lake.

Just after 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dallas Fire-Rescue crews were called out for a water rescue in the 2700 block of Mountain Creek Parkway.

There were reports of a child swept away while fishing in a creek in the area. According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, the boy's father jumped in to rescue him and was also swept away and neither of them resurfaced.

The creek feeds into the 943-acre Mountain Creek Lake.

Dallas Fire-Rescue, the Dallas Police Department and the Game Warden's Office worked together Saturday to locate the pair.

Dallas Fire-Rescue says that around 5 p.m. a man's body was found, but the child was still missing. Crews had to call off the search at around 7 p.m. because it was too dark to continue.

The Dallas Police Department's dive team will lead efforts to find the child Sunday morning.

The man's body was given to the Medical Examiner's Office which will confirm the identity and cause of death.

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