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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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07-20-2018, 10:03 AM | #61 |
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The last 4 bodies have been recovered, death toll at 17 now. I think I read that there were at least a couple of people in the hospital in critical condition.
God be with them and their families. Just terrible. I've spent most of my life on or around Missouri lakes, including Table Rock. Being on a boat on the lake is my happy place. This is really getting to me. These people were all likely on vacation with their families just enjoying some time at the lake. |
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07-20-2018, 10:04 AM | #62 |
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Those storms last night weren't just popping up here and there. They were rolling in from the west.
Hell, nowadays weather forecasts, storm warnings, even up to the minute radar are a touch away on about all phones. I'd like to see what the radar looked like before that storm hit the lake. I'll bet you could see the damn thing coming from a ways off. |
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07-20-2018, 10:05 AM | #63 |
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The Duck must of been defective the way it looked like it was taking on water and sinking.
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07-20-2018, 10:07 AM | #64 |
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Just terrible. Prayers to all families and to the community. My folks have a place in Branson. This is gong to rock the whole community.
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Stood around & watched. It always amazes me how people get upset at people for recording something like this. They were on the Branson Belle with a full crew aboard. Did you want all the passengers to start diving into the water? Talk about tragedy. Multiple the deaths by ten if everyone did that. Have common sense people. This rush to judgment & condemnation of people disgusts me. |
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07-20-2018, 10:12 AM | #66 |
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I heard there was an excessive wind warning in effect before the ducks were on the water. It wasn't completely unexpected..
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07-20-2018, 10:13 AM | #67 |
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I don't know if it was defective but the things aren't designed to be in rough water. Looks like a big ass heavy truck floating in the water with not enough power. Watching the cell phone video you can tell it didn't have enough power.
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07-20-2018, 10:14 AM | #68 |
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You think you can get by this?
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07-20-2018, 10:15 AM | #70 |
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Surprisingly a search of accident history really isnt that bad for as long as they have been in service. Many are land accidents still any fatalities is a bad thing but pleasure boats seem to have the bad outcome history.
This one really surprised me in Pennsylvania 35 aboard and only 2 fatalities. It was ran over by a barge while stalled by a cell phone distracted captain of the barge. |
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07-20-2018, 10:25 AM | #71 |
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They should make these things like those cruise ship lifeboats that are basically big bath toys and are impossible to sink and supposedly will roll back over immediately if capsized
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07-20-2018, 10:28 AM | #72 |
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Here's the radar loop when this all went down.
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07-20-2018, 10:31 AM | #73 | |
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07-20-2018, 10:34 AM | #74 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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07-20-2018, 10:35 AM | #75 |
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