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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, 12:06 PM | #109 |
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Because in those waves, the second that boat tries to turn around, it's going to capsize. The duck boats are narrow and top heavy.
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07-20-2018, 12:25 PM | #112 |
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07-20-2018, 12:28 PM | #113 | |
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I figures I'd need like 3 to get my large ass to float. My wife and I are really aware people. We always check everything out, hech my wife is always packing and has turnicates and shit, its weird, a little too serious sfor me to be honest. Now the one we were on didn't have plexiglass sides so if shit hit the fan I would have been out the window and either get to the branson belle or the little island they go around out in the water. Had I been out on that thing I would have been communicating with the driver and captain in that situation. I'd be shocked if those people didn't have the life vests on. I think the main issue is that they couldn't get out. And if you did you are going to be pushed near a giant paddelwheeler. |
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07-20-2018, 12:30 PM | #114 | |
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There are better options to cruise the lake instead of a floating tank on wheels. |
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07-20-2018, 12:32 PM | #115 |
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07-20-2018, 12:33 PM | #117 |
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07-20-2018, 12:34 PM | #118 |
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07-20-2018, 12:36 PM | #119 | |
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Sounds like those vest were the bare minimum and did not help much in those terrible conditions. I did not realize they had no way to exit the boats. I thought they were open-air windows? |
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07-20-2018, 12:40 PM | #120 |
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