11 people died after the tourist boat sinks on the lake of the United States in Missouri

At least 11 people, including children, are now dead after a boat carrying tourists on an American lake capsized and sank.

Stone County Sheriff, Doug Rader, said: They are still missing and seven others were hospitalized after a Ride the Ducks boat sank on Lake Rock Lake in the US. US state of Missouri.

A spokesman for Cox Medical Center Branson said that four adults and three children have arrived at the hospital. shipwreck. Two adults were in critical condition and the rest were treated for minor injuries, Brandei Clifton said.

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A tourist boat capsized on Table Lake in the US state of Missouri. The sinking occurred shortly after 7 pm local time, after thunderstorms had crossed the area.

The balance was initially eight dead. There were 31 people aboard the amphibious "duck boat" and the police said the divers had been looking for other possible victims in the lake.

Divers will resume searching for other casualties on Friday, police said.

Several people were transported to the hospital following the incident of the amphibious vehicle Ride the Ducks on the lake in Stone County, near Branson. Confirmed rescue operations were in progress and indicated that the situation was going to be "difficult". He declined to comment if the children were among the dead.

"It's going to be all night, tomorrow we're going to work on this again," Radar said.

A diving team helps.

The sheriff said the weather would have capsized the boat.

Ride The Ducks, a Branson, Missouri-based company that operates duck vehicles in the area has now commented on the tragedy: "Our number one priority is the families and our employees who have been affected by this tragic accident; We are currently assisting the authorities to continue their search and rescue operations, "said Suzanne Smagala-Potts, spokeswoman for Ripley Entertainment, owner of Operation Ride The Ducks.

Duck amphibious vehicles have been implicated in a number of fatal crashes worldwide over the past two decades, some having sunk or being submerged or others being collided with vehicles, Reuters reported. During the Second World War, ducks were originally used by the US military to transport troops and supplies, and then modified for use as passenger vehicles

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