Tag: US boat tragedy

Washington : Nine of the 17 people who died when a tour boat sank in a Missouri lake in the US on Thursday were from the same family, according to the state's governor. Governor Michael Parson said that he spoke to the woman who has also accused the boat's captain for putting the lives of the passengers in danger by suggesting "not to put on life jackets", the BBC reported. The sightseeing "duck boat" is a modification of a World War II design vessel meant to deliver people and materials ashore...