When Tia Coleman boarded a duck boat in Branson, Missouri, on Thursday, crew members showed her where life jackets, in three different sizes, were stored. But she says no one on the vessel told ...

Although he didn’t note this in his report, Paul said canopies on the tourist boats become death traps in harsh weather. “The biggest problem with a duck when it sinks is that canopy,” Paul said ...

A tourist attraction turned into a tragedy five years ago at Branson's Table Rock Lake — 17 people drowned when a duck boat sank. In December 2022, standards were signed into law that aim to ...

but the repairs were never made, he said. It is also not clear when the axle broke and whether it was a factor in the fatal crash. Brian Tracey, who heads the company that operates the duck boat ...

The tragic duck boat accident ... vessels he calls trolley boats. It's the same idea – with a different approach. “We, are actually a boat that’s made to drive down the road.