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The last on a fatal tourist boat crash in Missouri (all local weather):
9:35 pm
Around 300 people gathered in a parking lot outside a tourism company for remember the 17 people killed when his duck boats capsized in the water stirred by the storms.
The weepers sang Amazing Grace on Friday night and prayed, some of them holding candles. Another 75 gathered at Brookside Church in Branson to pray
The boat Ride the Ducks sank Thursday at Table Rock Lake in southwestern Missouri after a strong storm that generated gusts of 80 to 105 km / h. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board Investigate
Branson is located approximately 320 kilometers southeast of Kansas City and is a popular resort for families and tourists
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9 : 25 pm
A man from Arkansas and his son are among the 17 people who died when a tourist boat capsized near Branson, Missouri.
Carroll Smith said in a phone interview Friday that his 53-year-old son, Steve, and Lance, a 15-year-old grandson, was killed during a wreck sinking of a boat. the Ducks Thursday at Table Rock Lake. The family is from Osceola, Arkansas.
Steve Smith's wife, Pamela, was with the family during the visit to Branson, but did not go on the boat. Steve Smith's 14-year-old daughter, Loren, suffered a concussion but survived.
Carroll Smith says his son was a retired math teacher who loved old westerns and was active in his church. Lance would have been a freshman at Osceola High School.
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20:00
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she will examine "legislative solutions" to increase the safety of amphibious vehicles like ducks after the Branson tragedy
The Democratic senator did not give details after being informed Friday night by US Coast Guard officials and the National Transportation Safety Board. The two agencies are investigating the accident that occurred Thursday night at Table Rock Lake, which killed 17 people.
The other state senator, Republican Roy Blunt, was also informed by the agencies. He said he would closely monitor the investigation and call it "a tragedy that should never have happened".
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19:45
A Missouri woman claims that nine members of her family were killed during a duck. Tracy Beck, of Kansas City, says she and her family were lining up for another boat when the Indiana family stopped talking to have a group photo Beck says the ticket taker has surrendered the family should have boarded at a different place in Branson
The family had to get new tickets and was put on the boat that finally sank. Beck said that she recognized the family When the pictures began to circulate on Friday
Beck says that the water became jerky while they were on the lake and the captain decided to return to the shore.
But she says that she does not blame the operator of
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18:45
A survivor of the tourist boat crash that killed 17 people , including nine of his relatives, said the captain of the boat told passengers not to embarrass life jackets.
Tia Coleman told WXIN-TV in Indianapolis that she and a nephew were among 11 family members aboard a duck Thursday night at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. Coleman says that she lost "all my children" but she did not say how many.
Coleman says the captain of the boat told the passengers, "Do not worry about grabbing the lifejackets – you will not need them." 19659002] She says that just when it was clear that lifejackets were needed, "it was too late."
An email asking for a comment from a spokesperson for Ripley Entertainment, owner of the Ride boat the Ducks, was not returned immediately. 19659002] —
18:30
The president of the local hospital says that an employee of a neighboring river cruise company stayed with a small child who survived the capsizing a duck on a lake in Missouri for hours until the girl's father arrived.
Cox Medical Center President William Mahoney said the young woman was working for the Branson Belle Showboat. He was close to the duck when the bad weather hit Thursday night at Table Rock Lake.
Mahoney said the young woman threw a lifejacket to try to help wreck the duck
Mahoney says it's not clear how the young woman and the child arrived at the hospital. But he said that once they were there, the employee stayed with the child until his father came at 5 am on Friday
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6pm
A Missouri sheriff said that two ducks were heading ashore when one of them capsized on a Missouri lake in an accident that killed 17 people.
Stone County Sheriff, Doug Rader, leaked this information at a Thursday night press conference confirming the first 11 deaths of the crash Thursday evening. The death toll increased Friday to 17 after the bodies were removed from Table Rock Lake near Branson.
A storm creating strong winds crossed the area on Thursday night.
Rader said that one of the two boats on the lake was doing
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4:45 pm
The nine members of a family died at one Duck boat crash came from Indianapolis, said Thomas Griffith, suffragan bishop of the Church of the Apostolic Faith of Zion Tabernacle. in Indianapolis. He did not identify them.
The Missouri Governor's Office, Mike Parson, confirmed that nine of the 17 victims of the accident came from a family and that two other family members survived
Table Rock Lake. Twenty-nine passengers and two crew members were on board.
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4:15 pm
A resident of the tourist town of Branson Missouri says she understands how a duck was captured on the lake before
Trisha Ayers said Friday that she saw the weather change in 10 minutes on Thursday, from sunburns to gusts that inclined the traffic signs.
The duck capsized Thursday night on Table Rock Lake with a thunderstorm in the area generating strong winds. Seventeen people died.
Ayers described the fatal accident as "lucky" and said that she hoped it would not tarnish Branson because most of her income came from tourists
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15:55
A spokeswoman for Missouri Governor Mike Parson says nine of the 17 people who died in a duck accident are from the Kansas City area.
Parson spokesman Kelli Jones said Friday that two other members of the same family survived when the boat capsized at Table Rock Lake, near the tourist town of Branson
members. The authorities have not yet identified the victims.
The boat capsized Thursday night when a storm hit the area and caused winds approaching the speeds of a hurricane
Twenty-nine passengers and two crew members were on the boat. . The driver of the boat was among those killed.
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3:32 pm
The president of the Branson ducks business claims that a sudden "microburst" of high winds suddenly arose from boats capsized, killing 17 people
The accident occurred Thursday on Table Rock Lake. The latest victims were found Friday. Several local, state and federal agencies are investigating.
Jim Pattison Jr. is the president of Ripley Entertainment, who owns the duck business. Pattison says the captain of the boat had 16 years of experience and that the company was monitoring the weather.
Pattison told The Associated Press that the water was calm and flat when the amphibious vehicle arrived at the lake. Pattison says his company is "sad" and "devastated" by the deaths.
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3:25 pm
Missouri Governor Mike Parson says emergency responders and civilian rescuers helped prevent an even worse tragedy after a boat duck capsized on a lake and killed 17 people.
Parson spent Friday in the Branson area after the boat sank Thursday night on Table Rock Lake. He described the efforts of the rescue workers and civilian rescuers as "brave" and said that he was inspired by them.
He said that people rushed to help "in extremely dangerous conditions."
Parson met with Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader and others were leading the recovery operation before visiting the Cox Medical Center in Branson to meet with survivors and medical staff.
The Governor pledges support for all state resources to assist the National Transportation Safety Board and the US Coast Guard.
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3:15 pm
A spokeswoman for the US Army Corps of Engineers claims that the agency does not have the power to keep people or boats off of its lakes, even when bad weather approaches.
Seventeen people died on Thursday when a Ride the Duck boat capsized at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. Laurie Driver, spokeswoman for the Corps of Engineers, says that storms tend to explode quickly in the Southwest Missouri and northwestern region of Arkansas that includes Table Rock, but the only one in the area. agency must rely on its own resources. judgments concerning the safety of boarding the water.
The driver says Ride the Ducks of Branson has a license from the body to operate on the lake.
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2:45 pm
Doctors believe that two people in critical condition after a duck boat sank in a lake in Missouri will survive.
Brandei Clifton, spokesman for the Cox Medical Center, says doctors are confident about their long-term prognosis
after nearly drowning in the accident Thursday night.
Cox received seven patients on Thursday. Two are in critical condition, one refused treatment and the other four, including three children, were treated for minor injuries such as painful ears and general anxiety
. hospital treated the accident as a
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2:40 pm
A candlelight vigil is scheduled to commemorate the 17 people killed when a canoe capsized in stormy weather in southern Missouri.
Several pastors will gather at 9 pm Friday at Brookside Church in Branson, with a fireworks scheduled to follow the vigil and prayers. The Stone County Sheriff's Office has released details of the vigil on his Facebook page. The message says, "EVERYONE is welcome!"
The Ride the Ducks sank Thursday night at Table Rock Lake after a strong storm that generated gusts of 50 to 65 mph in the area. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board Investigate
Branson is located approximately 320 kilometers southeast of Kansas City and is a popular resort for families and other tourists
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2: 17 pm
Authorities say it may take several days to raise a duck that sank in southern Missouri, killing its driver and 16 passengers.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace says the ship has stopped in 80 feet of water at Table Rock Lake. Authorities initially said it would be raised Friday, but Pace said it will take several days to put the equipment in place. He says the investigators "want to preserve the evidence as best as possible".
Pace states that the area has been secured and that the investigation has been entrusted to the National Transportation Safety Board and the Coast Guard.
Pace said the divers visibility was better than normal, speeding up the recovery of victims' bodies. They were aged 1 to 70
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Corrects the name of the lake at 2:05.
1:50 pm
A man who witnessed a deadly Missouri duck accident while he was aboard a nearby riverboat, stated that the storm that had submerged the smallest ship suddenly appeared
. ] Brayden Malaske, of Harrah, Oklahoma, says that no one was worried about the weather when he boarded the Branson Belle Showboat with his family shortly before the storm on Thursday night. He says that Rock Lake Table seemed calm but that it "became very dark."
He says he did not think the ducks would have a problem despite the weather because they are reused military vehicles. He says that when the duck capsized, the people on board the boat tried to guide the passengers towards safety. He says he saw a woman hanging on to the "darling life" of one of the boatboat's paddles before being rescued.
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1:20 pm
The National Weather Service issued several severe weather warnings in the hours leading up to the capsizing of a duck in southern Missouri killed 17 people .
Meteorologist Kelsey Angle announced that a severe stormy watch had been launched in the area around 11:30 am on Thursday. The watch indicated that the conditions were favorable for the formation of severe thunderstorms with winds reaching 70 mph.
The Weather Service then issued a violent storm warning at 6:32 pm for the three counties of southwestern Missouri that include Branson and Table Rock Lake. He followed with a statement at 19:02. winds of 70 miles at the time were possible
The first 911 calls for capsizing were reported seven minutes later
Wind gusts in the Branson area reached 50 to 60 mph. 19659002] 12:55 pm
The mayor of a southwestern town of Missouri who has been the scene of a deadly duck accident says that she was with the wife the driver of the ship when she was informed of her death.
Karen Best says Bob Williams was driving the Ride the Ducks boat that sank Thursday night at Table Rock Lake, killing 17 people. She says Williams, also known as Captain Bob, was a "great ambassador of Branson" and "was at every event."
She says Williams's wife learned of her husband's death at the 39, city hall.
Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said the boat's captain survived.
Mourners left flowers on cars in the duck company's parking lot.
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Karen Best, Mayor of Branson The Ducks Canoe sank Thursday night at Table Rock Lake on the outskirts of Branson, but gave to the tourism community the opportunity to help people who are suffering.
The town hall has become a command center where families of victims and friends can meet with counselors and clergy as well as peop who can answer their questions. Red Cross officials are also there to help.
Best says that Branson, known as an entertainment center, is usually a city "full of smiles," but that "we cry and cry today."
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Investigators from the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a canoe accident that killed 17 people in southern Missouri.
Lora Ratliff, a Coast Guard officer, says agencies work "side by side". "To determine what caused the Ride the Ducks boat to sank on Thursday night at Table Rock Lake in the Branson area." NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said his investigators were arriving on Friday.
Authorities publish little detail, especially if the people on board were wearing lifejackets, and the NTSB and Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader are urging anyone with a video or photos of what happened to them.
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11:00
Authorities say the last four missing in a lake in southern Missouri have been found, bringing the death toll to 17.
Stone County Sheriff's Office Chief Wendy Doucey confirmed the discovery on Friday.The boat Ride the Ducks sank Thursday night at Table Rock Lake, on the outskirts of Branson
The Names of the Victims n & # Were not disclosed.
Branson is about 320 km southeast of Kansas City popular holiday spot for families and other tourists.
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10:00 am
Authorities are trying to recover a duck that capsized and sunk in a lake in southern Missouri, killing more than a dozen people
. ] Stone County Sheriff, Doug Rader, said at a press conference Friday that he believed the boat had sank in a 40-foot (12-meter) water and had rolled in 80 feet (25 meters) water. He says the divers from Missouri's road patrol have located the ship, which is on its wheels at Table Rock Lake in the Branson area. Authorities plan to pick up the boat later on Friday.
He says the first call about the capsized boat arrived at 7:09 pm. Thursday. He says the authorities are trying to determine what happened and do not know if the passengers were wearing lifejackets or were simply stowed on board.
The names of the victims were not disclosed.
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Stone County Sheriff, Dr. Doug Rader, described the search as a "recovery mode for bodies still missing" at a conference Friday morning
Rader says the Ride the Ducks pilot died but the captain survived when the boat sank Thursday night at Rock Lock Table. the Branson area. Thirteen victims have already been found.
Rader reports that a deputy service aboard the beautiful Branson Showboat, nearby, and others on the riverboat jumped to help the canoe passengers. He describes the rescue efforts as "exceptional".
Branson is located about 320 kilometers southeast of Kansas City and is a popular resort for families and tourists
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8:40 am
Meteorological Service National warns of a new round of storms as divers seek to track four missing persons following the capsizing of a duck on a lake in southwestern Missouri
. to hail big hail and strong winds in a straight line when they hit Friday afternoon in the Branson area, where the Ride the Ducks sank. The bodies of 13 victims have already been found.
Schaumann claims that wind gusts of 80 to 105 km / h were recorded at the time the boat capsized Thursday night at Table Rock Lake after a violent thunderstorm warning. . He said the weather was calm in the search zone during the night and that the area narrowly avoided more storms on Friday morning.
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8:10
President Donald Trump extends his "deepest sympathies" to In a tweet on Friday morning, the President sends his deepest condolences to the families and friends of those involved in the terrible boat accident in Missouri. "
He adds:" Such a tragedy, a great loss, may God be with you all! "
Local authorities said that 14 people had survived the sinking of a duck and that four others had disappeared after the accident on Thursday night on Rock Table Lake in Branson, Missouri.
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8:05
A witness described the chaos carried away by the wind as a canoe capsized and sank in a lake in southwest Missouri.
Allison Lester said Friday at ABC's "Good Morning America" that the "waters were raw" and "debris was flying everywhere" on Thursday night when the Ride the Ducks boat sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson Lester was on a boat nearby [19659002] Thirteen people were killed and four others went missing
Lester's boyfriend, Trent Behr, said he saw a woman lying in the water and that they pulled her out. the boat, he says he is unconscious and that he is preparing to start the cardiopulmonary resuscitation s arrival of emergency responders
Branson lies about 320 kilometers southeast of Kansas City and is a popular vacation spot for families and tourists
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7:15 am
Authorities claim that divers found two more bodies after a canoe carrying tourists capsized in southwestern Missouri, bringing to 13 the number of deaths.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace claims that four more people are still missing Friday after the accident occurred at Table Rock Lake in Branson on Thursday night. He says 14 others survived, but seven were injured.
Pace says that those who died were between 1 and 70 years old.
Branson is about 200 miles southeast of Kansas City. Popular vacation spot for families and other tourists looking for entertainment ranging from theme parks to live music.
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6:40 am
Authorities say six people are still missing on a lake in southwestern Missouri.
The Stone County Sheriff's Office updated the number of missing persons after the accident occurred at Table Rock Lake in Branson on Thursday night from five o'clock on Facebook on Friday. The office indicates that 11 people were confirmed dead and 14 survived.
Seven people were hospitalized after the boat capsized and two are in critical condition.
Divers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol will resume the search for the missing Friday. ] —
12:30
A Missouri Sheriff says that at least 11 people have now been confirmed dead after a boat carrying tourists on a lake in a popular vacation town capsized and sank.
Stone County Sheriff According to Doug Rader, seven people were hospitalized and five others went missing. He says the divers have ended their search of Table Rock Lake in Branson for the night.
The National Transportation Safety Board announced on Twitter that investigators would arrive at the scene on Friday morning.
Rader says stormy weather National Meteorological Service meteorologist Steve Lindenberg says the agency issued a violent storm warning in the Branson area on Thursday night. Branson is about 200 miles southeast of Kansas City and is a popular resort for families and other tourists looking for entertainment ranging from theme parks to live music. 19659002] —
9:50 pm
A sheriff from Missouri recounts that a tourist boat apparently capsized on a lake, causing eight deaths and several more hospitalized.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that Stone County Sheriff, Doug Rader, says the accident occurred Thursday night after a shipwreck of the Ride the Ducks tourist ship reportedly took place place at Table Rock Lake.
Rader says the sheriff's second lieutenant helped rescue people. He says recovery efforts are underway, with some passengers still missing.
A dive team is helping.
Rader says the weather would have capsized the boat.
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