The Latest: Toddler missing in creek in southern Oklahoma

Source: AP

3:50 a.m. CDT

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has suspended the water search for a 2-year-old on Hickory Creek in southern Oklahoma.

Officials in Ardmore, Oklahoma, say the search for the toddler, who remained missing Wednesday night after an attempted water rescue, will resume at 7:00 a.m. Thursday morning.

Around 9:00 p.m., Ardmore Police requested assistance from highway patrol in the water rescue. According to Ardmore Police Department Assistant Chief Kevin Norris, a relative of the child was at the creek attempting to leave with the child when the child ran away and was swept away by the high water.

Ardmore has seen more than 5 inches of rain due to remnants of Tropical Storm Bill that made landfall in Texas.

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