INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Funerals have been set for five more members of an Indiana family who lost nine relatives when a tourist boat sank on a Missouri lake last week. A church spokeswoman says services will be held Saturday at Eastern Star Church in Indianapolis for 70-year-old Horace Coleman; his 69-year-old wife, Belinda Coleman; 76-year-old…
Indianapolis, IN. (AP) — A prayer vigil was held at an Indianapolis church last night for a family that lost nine family members in last week’s boating accident on Table Rock Lake. Hundreds of people gathered at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church to show their support for the Coleman family. The Rev. Carl Liggins Sr. says…
By MARGARET STAFFORD , Associated Press BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — “Grab the baby!” Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine of Coleman’s family members. A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel known…
By MARGARET STAFFORD , Associated Press BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — More than half of the 17 people killed when a tourist boat sank on a Branson lake were members of the same Indiana family, and they likely would not have been on the ill-fated trip but for a ticket mix-up. Tracy Beck, of Kansas City,…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — At least 13 people, including children, died after a boat carrying tourists capsized and sank on a lake during a thunderstorm in a country music mecca in southwest Missouri, authorities said Friday. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace said four people remain missing Friday after the Ride the Ducks boat…
Poplar Bluff, MO (KTRS) A teenager is dead and and five others are injured after a boating accident in southeast Missouri. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the crash happened Sunday night when a boater veered into the path of another vessel on the Black River just north of Poplar Bluff. A teen died in the crash.…
CAMDEN, Mo. (AP) — Three people are dead and two others are injured after a boat crash on Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the accident happened at just before 2 a.m. Saturday. The bodies of the three victims were recovered around noon. Investigators say the crash is believed to have happened…