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Death Toll Now 17 In Missouri Duck Boat Accident
The driver of the Ride the Ducks boat died but the captain survived when the boat sank Thursday night.
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The driver of the Ride the Ducks boat died but the captain survived when the boat sank Thursday night.
At least 13 people, including children, died after a boat carrying tourists on a Missouri lake capsized and sank Thursday night, the local sheriff said. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said five people remain missing and seven others were hospitalized after a Ride the Ducks boat sank on Table Rock Lake in Branson.
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