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17 dead after duck boat capsizes on Table Rock Lake
This is awful. So sad...
NEAR BRANSON, Mo. -- The Stone County Sheriff confirms eight fatalities involved in a duck boat capsizing on Table Rock Lake Thursday. Emergency crews responded to the incident shortly after 7 p.m. after a severe line of thunderstorms rolled through the area. Sheriff Doug Rader reports the boat had 31 people on board. He tells KY3 News four of those have been transported to a hospital. Some of the 31 on board include children. Divers are on the scene searching for more possible victims. The sheriff says he does not know how many on the boat are missing. The sheriff is asking for any family missing someone to go to Branson City Hall. It remains a rescue and recovery mission. http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Emer...488679201.html Last edited by Dartgod; 07-20-2018 at 11:53 AM.. Reason: updated the number of casualties |
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07-21-2018, 08:29 AM | #168 | |
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07-21-2018, 08:30 AM | #169 |
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Me my wife and kids have ridden the ducks before in Branson..it's a nice ride even before the lake..they could have simply said due to incoming weather they can't get into the water and i'm sure the passengers would have been completely fine with it
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07-21-2018, 08:52 AM | #170 |
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07-21-2018, 09:11 AM | #171 |
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Grew up on the water. Grew up being taught the saying "if there's any doubt, you don't go out" period! Total negligence on the part of the company/captain.
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07-21-2018, 09:16 AM | #172 |
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Depends on the people. Their age, their physical stamina, their swimming ability, and their ability to avoid the freeze part of flight, fight, or freeze while in a crisis. Generally speaking, it would be a better option to have a removable roof to avoid the trapping effect that occurs with these "boats". On this particular vessel, there were a bunch of elderly, very young, and African Americans who historically have a higher chance of being poor swimmers(and anybody can **** off with any racism claims, look it up). Very likely most who died may have died anyway.
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07-21-2018, 09:23 AM | #173 |
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The interview with the gal that one of the two survivors that lost 9 family members is pretty damning if you ask me. Not only did the Duck captain tell them they didn't need their live vests on, she also said that the Duck departed straight to the lake instead of taking the normal route in order to get this ride in before the storm. Which means the company was aware of the weather and wanted to cash in one more load of riders before the storm came.
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07-21-2018, 09:32 AM | #174 |
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^ They were also kept being told to stay seated all the way to the very end.
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07-21-2018, 10:51 AM | #177 |
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I hope the Duck Boat company doesn't go under after they get sued for this act of negligence.
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07-21-2018, 11:02 AM | #178 |
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07-21-2018, 11:36 AM | #179 |
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I bet they get swamped with lawsuits....
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07-21-2018, 12:00 PM | #180 |
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It’s gonna attract trial attorneys like ducks to water.
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