Duck boat builder sought saftey waivers from the nhtsa over federal regulations. missouri incident, killing 17 people, was the 4th fatal accident for maker. Friday, july 20: high winds and storms capsize a duck boat in branson, mo., killing 17 people; - officials update; sec. of state mike pompeo and u.s. amb. nikki haley to appear at the u.n.; this. Thursday's sinking of a duck boat in missouri isn't the first time trouble with the tour vessel turned fatal. at least 39 people have died in duck boat accidents in the past 20 years..
The company that owns the duck boat that sank in table rock lake near branson, missouri, in july, killing 17 people, has settled the first of several lawsuits filed over the accident. In june 2013 another duck boat, operated by the same company, sank in the albert dock as it came to the end of a tour of liverpool. passengers were forced to jump into the water as the vehicle rapidly took on water.. Two people were killed in 2010 when a barge overran a duck boat near in philadelphia, where one person was killed five years later on land in another accident. five people were killed and 69 injured four months later in seattle when the front axle of a duck boat broke..
