A Duck boat capsized in a Missouri lake during inclement weather with 31 on-board killing 11. Duck boats are based of the WWII amphibious vehicle the DUKW which is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2½ ton CCKW trucks used by the U.S. military during World War II.
An amphibious vehicle capsized on a lake in Missouri on Thursday, killing 11 of its 31 passengers and crew, some of them children.
Shocking video taken from the scene at Table Rock Lake, Stone County, near Branson, Missouri, shows the ‘Ride the Ducks’ amphibious vehicle being lashed by massive waves and tilting side to side before it eventually begins to sink into the lake.
Before the video cuts out, the boat appears to be submerged up to the windows and about to turn on its side.
The Southern Stone County Fire Protection District has labelled the tragedy, which took place on a Ride The Ducks boat, a ‘mass casualty’.
Shocking video shows the boat being lashed by strong, massive waves for about five minutes before becoming submerged in the lake
At least eight people are dead and some still missing after a duck boat capsized in a lake in Missouri on Thursday night
Emergency Services were called to the scene about 7pm after severe thunderstorms quickly rolled through the area.
Seven more people were taken to hospital following the incident.
‘Seven patients [are in] the hospital and we do have some people still missing. So this is going to be an all night, into tomorrow [search],’ Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader told reporters about 9.30pm.
Very sad to hear about this horrible accident – prayers for all those involved and the first responders who are assisting. https://t.co/PQ56zagc0s
— Governor Mike Parson (@GovParsonMO) July 20, 2018
About midnight, Rader confirmed some of the dead were children, and five people were still missing.
While the identities of those killed have not yet been released, Rader confirmed there were children on board at the time.
He added he believed all those who died did so by drowning.
Brandei Clifton, public information officer at Cox Health in Branson, told KY3 that of the six people she knew of being treated at the hospital, all had minor injuries. Three of them are adults and three are under 18.
An update issued about 11.30pm from Cox Health says they were treating seven patients, two of whom were in a critical condition.
A severe thunderstorm that rolled over the area, causing winds of up to 60mph, is believed to have caused the tragic accident (pictured: divers are on scene looking for more bodies and living passengers)
Due to a lack of light, divers wrapped up the operation about midnight and headed back to shore.
Rader said he believed the severe weather had caused
