Tourists killed as duck boat capsizes in Missouri
At least 11 people have died after a duck boat carrying 30 people capsized in a severe storm in Missouri on Thursday evening.
Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said at least five people are unaccounted for and seven others were injured in Thursday night’s incident on Table Rock Lake near Branson, according to CNN.
It is also reported some of the dead are believed to be children.
Emergency crews said they responded to the incident shortly after 7pm local time on Thursday.
The accident happened during a powerful thunderstorm.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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