Nine members of the same family were among the 17 people that died in the “heart-breaking” duck boat tragedy in Missouri, the state’s governor…
Nine members of the same family were among the 17 people that died in the “heart-breaking” duck boat tragedy in Missouri, the state’s governor said Friday.
Missouri Governor Michael Parson said in a statement that he spoke to a woman who “lost nine of the 11 members of her family” when the boat capsized Thursday night amid stormy waters on Table Rock Lake outside Branson.
The names of the family members were not immediately released.
“Emergency responders and civilian rescuers helped avert an even worse tragedy as people rushed to help in extremely dangerous conditions,” Parson said in a statement.
The World War Two-style amphibious vehicle was carrying 31 passengers including children when a microburst storm hit Table Rock Lake outside Branson, raising waves that battered the vessel and ultimately caused it to capsize.
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