LIBERTY, Mo. – Nearly two years after 17 people died when a tourist boat sank on a Missouri lake, federal transportation safety investigators on Tuesday will release the results of an investigation into the tragedy.
The National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating what caused the Ride the Ducks vehicle to sink at Table Rock Lake near Branson, killing 17 of the 31 people on board.
The boat, known as Stretch Duck 7, was unable to make it back to shore when a severe storm hit in July 2018. The boat's owner, Ripley Entertainment, has settled 31 lawsuits filed by survivors or relatives of those who died.
The dead included nine members of one family from Indianapolis. Other victims were from Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas. The