Duck boat accident survivor speaks nine of the 17 people who died in a duck boat accident were from the same family, a spokesperson for missouri gov. mike parson said friday.. What we know about the duck boat tragedy, the coleman family, victims, survivors and lawsuits. the duck boat tragedy in branson, missouri, killed 17, including nine of one indiana family.. They went on the duck boat because her eldest could be himself on the boat, she said. passengers were told there was a storm coming before they went out on the water, coleman said..
They didn’t like it and i didn’t care if they liked it. if they were getting on that boat, they were wearing a life jacket and if not, we’d stand there and wave at the people who got to go for a ride. and they knew i meant business, so they reluctantly put the life jackets on, every single time.. She added that none of the passengers had on life vests because the captain said they didn’t need to “worry about grabbing the life jackets – you won’t need them.” duck boat accident. They have yet to review evidence from the boat because it is still sitting 80 feet below the lake’s surface. ride the ducks has voluntarily stopped its operations while the investigation is ongoing..
