First lawsuit filed in Seattle duck tour crash

Thursday, 09 Oct, 2015 0

The first lawsuit has been filed in the deadly crash involving a ‘duck tour’ amphibious vehicle in Seattle.

Korean student Na Ra Yoon, 21, is suing the tour operator Ride the Ducks and maintenance contractor of the vehicles for failing to repair an axle which is thought to have been the major cause of the crash.

Yoon was on a bus filled with students when it was hit by the duck tour vehicle, killing five.

She suffered fractures in both hands.

The lawsuit is claiming against Ride the Ducks International, which was responsible for retrofitting the vintage vehicles and local affiliate Ride the Ducks of Seattle, which operated the tours.

"In 2013, Ride the Ducks International became aware that the axle housings on duck boats such as Duck 6 could be dangerously defective; they needed to be thoroughly checked and repaired. Ride the Ducks International published a warning to its own operators in the form of a service bulletin, but it failed to successfully inform its franchisee-Ride the Ducks Seattle," the complaint stated.
 



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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