Sunday, 22 July 2018

Missouri tourist boat tragedy claims lives of 9 family members, others

Missouri tourist boat tragedy claims lives of 9 family members, othersBy Brendan O'Brien and Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Divers on Friday recovered the last of the bodies from the wreckage of a "duck boat" that sank on Thursday during a storm on a Missouri lake, counting among the 17 who died nine members of a single family. More than three dozen people have died in incidents involving duck boats on land and water in the United States over the past two decades. Eleven members of one family, nine of whom died, were among the passengers on the duck boat that sank on Thursday, according to Missouri Governor Mike Parson who called it a "heart-breaking tragedy".




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