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.. A community memorial service sunday, july 22, 2018, at the college of the ozarks included survivors and families of the victims of the branson duck boat sinking.. Missouri boat crash: 17 dead - 9 from the same family - after duck boat capsizes in branson lake. nine of the victims are said to be members of the same family.
Duck boat survivor tia coleman tells how she survived the incident that killed nine members of her family.. Branson, mo. — the survivors of last week’s duck boat accident in branson, missouri, are now out of the hospital. according to a hospital spokesperson, that includes tia coleman, the. Tia coleman was comforted by her sister leeta bigbee after speaking to the news media on saturday. nine of ms. coleman’s family members died in a duck boat accident in branson, mo., this week..