17 dead after duck boat capsizes on Table Rock Lake

[Dartgod]

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

[Stinger]

Originally Posted by Flying High D

Who’s Leeta Bigbee? She’s the one who gets the money from that account. The very first interview Tia did from the hospital bed she was asking for funds to help because of all that was lost.

"The GoFundMe campaign was set up by Coleman's sister, Leeta Bigbe. So far, more than 10,000 people have contributed."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/23/healt...rnd/index.html

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Flying High D

How did the Taney County Morque manage 17 corpses?

Walk in cooler at the IGA Butcher shop?"

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Stinger

Almost to $470,000 now. If anybody is interested....

https://www.gofundme.com/branson-duck-boat-survivor

I have love/hate feelings about these kinds of things. I'm happy she's getting some money, but I wish there were a better way of seeing what they actually need. I would hope that at least some of the family members had life insurance, and down the road I have to imagine they'll at least get some level of money from the inevitable lawsuit. (Granted, the latter could take years.)

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Flying High D

Former NTSB Chairman James Hall said Saturday that the boat’s design makes the World War II-era vessels prone to the kind of accidents that led to the Thursday’s sinking. Hall said the amphibious vessel should be banned from such use.

I might side with James Hall on this argument.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...f1d_story.html

The ****ing morons took it out in a storm. WTF? Don't blame the boat for assinine behavior.

Oh no! My RWD Ford dually skidded off the road and killed someone when I drove it in the ice! This is the truck's fault!

[luv]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I have love/hate feelings about these kinds of things. I'm happy she's getting some money, but I wish there were a better way of seeing what they actually need. I would hope that at least some of the family members had life insurance, and down the road I have to imagine they'll at least get some level of money from the inevitable lawsuit. (Granted, the latter could take years.)

Ride the Ducks has already offered to pay for all of the medical and funeral expenses of all of the victims. Thought it was cool of them to do that before getting sued.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I have love/hate feelings about these kinds of things. I'm happy she's getting some money, but I wish there were a better way of seeing what they actually need. I would hope that at least some of the family members had life insurance, and down the road I have to imagine they'll at least get some level of money from the inevitable lawsuit. (Granted, the latter could take years.)

I don't have any hate feelings for this. Hope she never has to work again.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by luv

Ride the Ducks has already offered to pay for all of the medical and funeral expenses of all of the victims. Thought it was cool of them to do that before getting sued.

Well they should...but they were going to have to pay that anyway. At least they are doing the right thing now and not making the families go through the fight of getting it paid for.
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[Eleazar]

Two incidents in what, 40 years of these things driving around different places all over the country, every day, carrying hundreds of people?

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Eleazar

Two incidents in what, 40 years of these things driving around different places all over the country, every day, carrying hundreds of people?

DEATH TRAPS! BAN ALL THE THINGS!
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[Flying High D]

Duck Boats Matter.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by luv

Ride the Ducks has already offered to pay for all of the medical and funeral expenses of all of the victims. Thought it was cool of them to do that before getting sued.

To be reimbursed by the insurance company......

[loochy]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

To be reimbursed by the insurance company......

They still have to front it. It's not a trivial expenditure. They know their man messed up and they'll have their tail between their legs for a while.

[luv]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

To be reimbursed by the insurance company......

They could have made the families wait until after claims were made.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Eleazar

Two incidents in what, 40 years of these things driving around different places all over the country, every day, carrying hundreds of people?

Most incidents were caused by poor maintenance (Lake Hamilton) On road they have had axles break and cause crashes and have have accidents in city traffic.

And I would guess the boats have served hundreds of thousands, if not into the millions of people.

[Oz_Chief]

Originally Posted by Flying High D

How did the Taney County Morque manage 17 corpses?

It’s common for a Medical Examiner/Coroner office to have arrangements with other offices to handle storage issues. Funeral homes may provide temporary storage space for example. I do not know how storage was handled in this particular case.