Missouri lake disaster in high winds kills 17, raising new safety concerns about duck boats
At least 17 people were killed when an amphibious boat carrying sightseers on a lake sank after encountering high winds and choppy waters, Missouri authorities said Friday.
The disaster began Thursday evening at Table Rock Lake, a popular tourist spot in Missouri's Ozarks, when a tour company vessel known as a duck boat - which has wheels and can also drive on land - sank while filled with 31 sightseers and crew members. Fewer than half survived, and seven were injured, one seriously, officials said.
Divers recovered the last four victims' bodies Friday and found the boat about 80 feet below the surface of the lake, resting on its wheels, Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said in a televised news conference.
Rader believed the boat sank because of
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