17 dead after duck boat capsizes on Table Rock Lake

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Fish

These stupid duck boats are known to be dangerous. There's been quite a few tragedies involving these kinds of boats.

I think all boats are known to be dangerous...

It wasn't the boat that caused the deaths, it was the failure of the Dispacher/ Supervisor to keep the boats out of the water during a storm event. The driver/ pilot may have been given/ had the last call or responsibility for the decision to enter the water. If the radar/weather reports said it was coming (alerts sounded) they should have acknowledged it and not gone on visual data. The legal actions should be right up there with the IN State fair/ Sugerland stage collapse lawsuits.

The Ducks owner is right: The boat should not have been in the water.