Washington D.C. (KTRS) U.S. Senator from Missouri Josh Hawley is calling on the United States Coast Guard to adopt NTSB recommendations following the duck boat tragedy at Table Rock Lake. In a letter sent to Admiral Karl Schultz, Hawley urged the adoption of recommendations issued in last month’s report on the 2018 tragedy. In the…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades to improve tourist duck boats, changes they say might have prevented last year’s Missouri accident that killed 17 people. The National Transportation Safety Board released a “Safety Recommendation Report” on the July 2018…
Branson, MO (KTRS) Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the deadly duck boat tragedy in Branson. The tour boat sank after a severe storm swept over Table Rock Lake with 31 people aboard watercraft. Nine of the 17 people killed were from Survivor Tia Coleman’s family. Coleman said she still cannot believe the events…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The company that owned a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake and killed 17 people has reached a settlement with relatives of two brothers who were among the victims. The Kansas City Star reports lawyers for Ervin and Horace Coleman filed a settlement notice with Ripley Entertainment last…
By MARGARET STAFFORD , Associated Press . KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Charges have been filed against the captain of a tourist boat that sank in a southwest Missouri lake in July and killed 17 people, including nine members of an Indiana family, federal prosecutors said Thursday. A federal indictment shows 51-year-old Kenneth Scott McKee…
BRANSON, MO (AP) — Records show a water pump had been replaced with a less powerful system in a tourist duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake, killing 17 people. The Kansas City Star reports that the original Higgins pump, which is capable of removing as much as 250 gallons of water per minute from…
(Associated Press) Companies facing multiple lawsuits over a summer tourist boat accident in Missouri that killed 17 people are invoking an 1851 law that allows vessel owners to try to avoid or limit legal damages. But the companies also say they’re seeking settlement negotiations with victims’ family members. Attorneys for Ripley Entertainment Inc., and Missouri-based…
REEDS SPRING, MO (AP) — Authorities say a 75-year-old man was killed when he lost control of a golf cart and drove into Table Rock Lake. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Ray Eutsler, of Galena, Missouri. The patrol says he suffered an unknown medical issue Thursday afternoon before losing control of…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The families of some of the 17 people who died after a duck boat sank in Missouri say federal prosecutors might delay their efforts to get answers about the July 19 crash. The Kansas City Star reports that federal prosecutors have asked a judge to halt the civil lawsuits related…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has found probable cause that the sinking of a tourist boat on a Missouri lake last month that killed 17 people “resulted from the misconduct, negligence, or inattention to the duties” by the captain of the boat, according to a court motion filed Wednesday by federal…