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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, 09:25 AM | #46 |
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I think the plastic windows - I assume they have seperate ducks for wet weather - saw them parked in the lot last week when I was down there - would make it very difficult to get out. Like front window or back. Thats it.
Plus they take pictures of every group that rides and do a group picture when they pull out. Will be interested to see where the people who made it out alive were seated. |
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07-20-2018, 09:26 AM | #47 |
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****ing horrible
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07-20-2018, 09:26 AM | #48 | |
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07-20-2018, 09:27 AM | #49 |
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07-20-2018, 09:27 AM | #50 |
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We live about 2 miles north of springfield. Storm came thru here about 630, crazy ass wind. I've been on those ducks a bunch growing up. Crazy shit.
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07-20-2018, 09:33 AM | #51 | |
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07-20-2018, 09:39 AM | #52 |
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People jammed in like sardines with a roof trapping them in, rough water, confusion, panic, etc.
Can you imagine the people clawing over each other trying to get out? Parents trying to save their kids while people around them are in full survival-instinct mode? This might be my worst nightmare. |
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07-20-2018, 09:41 AM | #53 |
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When I was there last week we had a very brief storm come through - it was intense, trees down, water had to be rough, but it was a nice day, then it was a hurricane, then nice again. Is that normal down there?
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07-20-2018, 09:46 AM | #54 |
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07-20-2018, 09:48 AM | #56 |
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These stupid duck boats are known to be dangerous. There's been quite a few tragedies involving these kinds of boats.
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