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Crews on Sunday recovered the body of a 6-year-old boy who was swept away after he fell into a creek near Mountain Creek Lake on Saturday afternoon, police say.
The child’s body was found around 2 p.m. near Mi Familia Park, located at 2402 Cardiff Street in Grand Prairie, according to a Dallas Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson.
Searchers located the boy the day after they pulled the body of his father, identified as 26-year-old Fernando Carlos, from the water.
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Dallas Fire-Rescue crews responded at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday after a 911 caller reported a boy was swept into the water near the 2700 block of Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson Jason Evans said in a Saturday afternoon news release.
The boy and his father were fishing at the creek at the time. The boy’s father jumped into the water to attempt a rescue, but neither resurfaced, Evans said.
Responders from three agencies — Dallas Fire-Rescue, the Dallas Police Department and game wardens with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department — began a search for the father and son, said Evans and Jennifer Pryor, a Dallas police spokesperson.
The body of the father was recovered around 5 p.m.
Matt is a breaking news reporter. A graduate of Baylor University, he grew up in San Antonio and lived in Waco before coming to Dallas. Previously, Matt has written for the Baylor Lariat and the Waco Tribune-Herald.
Chase Rogers is a breaking news reporter at The Dallas Morning News. He grew up in Granbury, just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and studied journalism at Texas State University in San Marcos. Before joining The News, he reported for the Austin American-Statesman and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He can be reached at 361-239-6527.