In the evening of July 19th, 2018, a thunderstorm rolled across Branson, Missouri and the surrounding region. A duck boat carrying 31 passengers was caught in the squall, sank, and resulted in 17 deaths. We discussed this tragedy in our blog, and the story continues today with the recent filing of the first wrongful…
On Thursday evening, July 19th, a duck boat carrying 31 people capsized and sank, leaving at least 17 dead and several more injured. Witnesses say the boat struggled to make it to shore as the weather took a turn for the worse, causing waves to break over the boat, rocking and tilting the vessel…
Aboating accident occurred in Miami recently, killing three men. The boat, a thirty-two-foot SeaVee motorboat, was found capsized by the Coast Guard around 3:30 in the morning. It is believed that the boat collided with a jetty around the Government Cut channel. The collision with the rocks was so strong that the wreck was…
Early Sunday morning a 24-year-old Miami Marlins star pitcher was killed in aboating accident. The Coast Guard found that he was one of three killed in the accident after spotting a boat overturned around 3 a.m. Authorities believe speed was the factor for the crash. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advised that…
A crew member aboard the world’s biggest cruise ship was killed during aboating accident. Investigators say a lifeboat fell during a simple training exercise that killed one man and left four others injured. Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas is known as the world’s biggest cruise ship. The 42-year-old crew member died from undisclosed…
Four people are dead after a fatalboating accident on Lake Lanier in Georgia this past Friday. Officials say the bodies of four people have been recovered from the lake after a mysterious boating accident. Among the deceased were a 46-year-old Kentucky man and his wife, a 45-year-old woman; along with another Kentucky couple, a…
A popular country music singer, Craig Morgan, has lost his son in a fatalboating accident this past weekend. According to authorities, the 19-year-old boy has been found dead after a boating accident in Kentucky Lake on Sunday. The Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy reported that the boy and a friend were tubing when the accident…
On Saturday morning, a United States Marine was killed in aboating accident. The accident occurred off the coast of Hawaii near the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base. According to the Marine Corps spokesman, three men were in a boat when it capsized. Two of the marines were able to swim back to shore, but tragically…
Two men in New York have been charged with reckless boating and boating under the influence stemming from aboating accident that claimed the life of a teenage girl. The accident occurred last June on Lake Ellicott Creek when the teen was boating with her 18-year-old boyfriend and the father of a friend. The 51-year-old…
On Saturday morning, aboating accident claimed the life of one man and another remains unaccounted for. The accident happened in Argyle, Wisconsin when a group of men were on a fishing trip. Emergency crews received calls from witnesses claiming a boat had overturned near the dam on the Pecatonica River. Two men were rescued…