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  1. Missouri Fatal Incident Sparks Renewed Concerns About Boston Duck Tours

    At least 13 are dead after a duck boat capsized and sank on a Missouri lake during a thunderstorm Thursday; 4 are still missing. Boston Duck Tours says its severe weather policy allows them to ...

  2. A look back at past deadly duck tour incidents

    2016: Boston. Allison Warmuth was riding a scooter in Boston when she was hit and killed by a duck tour boat in 2016, according to ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston. After the crash, duck boats in the ...

  3. Boston Duck Tours Comments On Missouri Tragedy That Killed 17

    Mike Carraggi, Patch Staff. BOSTON, MA — The company behind Boston's Duck Boat Tours issued a statement following a duck boat tragedy in Missouri that resulted in 17 dead, including children ...

  4. Live: Duck boat accident in Missouri

    An adult and a child were released from a hospital Friday, following a deadly duck boat accident at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. Two children and two adults remained in the hospital, Dr ...

  5. Deadly duck tour boat crashes date back nearly two decades

    Allison Warmuth, 28, was hit and killed by a duck boat while riding a motor scooter in downtown Boston in 2016, NBC reports. NTSB investigators found that the duck boat driver took his eyes off the road to point out landmarks along the tour before the accident. This prompted the Massachusetts legislature to pass a new law prohibiting drivers ...

  6. 'It was a nightmare': Witnesses recount deadly sinking of duck boat in

    Dock hands rushed to help. On Thursday, Curt Elleman, a tourist from Overland Park, Kansas, was walking along the shoreline of the lake when the weather turned stormy. He saw two duck boats making ...

  7. Duck boats linked to more than 40 deaths since 1999

    Boston Duck Tours paid $425,000 to Hamelburg's estate to settle the suit. April 30, 2016: A duck boat ran over and killed 28-year-old Allison Warmuth as she rode on a motor scooter. Video examined by the NTSB showed the driver taking his eyes off the road and turning in his seat to point out landmarks during the tour.

  8. Boston Duck Tours Makes Safety Changes After Fatal Crash

    December 15, 2017 / 11:15 PM EST / CBS Boston. BOSTON (CBS) - There will be new safety changes in place for duck tours in Boston next summer after the death of a woman two years ago. Allison ...

  9. New rules for repurposed WWII-era duck boats aim to improve safety on

    FILE - Boston's iconic duck boat tours started rolling again on Monday, July 13, 2020, as the city began Phase 3 of its coronavirus economic restart. ... Autopsies show drowning as the cause of death for a US lawyer and wife in super yacht sinking. Duck boats have been involved in more than 40 fatal accidents since 1999. Among their critics ...

  10. The Latest: Group 'cooperating' after fatal duck boat crash

    BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a woman driving a scooter struck and killed by a duck boat in Boston (all times local): 4:15 p.m. A spokesman for Boston Duck Tours says the tour group is cooperating with police after one of its amphibious sightseeing vehicles struck and killed a 29-year-old woman on a scooter in downtown Boston. Spokesman Bob Schwartz said in an email Saturday the company was ...

  11. 'Safety is No. 1 priority,' Boston duck boat operator says after fatal

    A deadly accident involving a duck boat in Boston two years ago prompted new safety regulations in Massachusetts. Allison Warmuth, 28, was killed in 2016 when she was struck by the tour boat as ...

  12. Dad and toddler rescued by Boston Duck Tours boat after falling into

    A passing Boston Duck Tours boat then rescued the pair, bringing the two on board and dropping them off at a nearby dock. The child was transported to a local hospital as a precautionary measure, police said. A man who witnessed the incident, Dominic Demasi, captured photos of the man and young child in the river. ...

  13. Duck boat victims: 9 family members killed in Branson, Missouri, tour

    "Just let me die": Duck boat accident survivor speaks 03:14 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.

  14. Boston Duck Tours Return Under New Rules Following Fatal Collision

    Boston Duck Tours hit the streets for the 23rd season Tuesday with new regulations in place after a young woman was killed by a duck boat near the common last year.

  15. At least 3 fatal Duck-tour accidents nationally since '99

    Other fatalities involving Ducks include a Duck being overrun by a tugboat-towed barge in 2010 in the Delaware River in Philadelphia, drowning two student tourists from Hungary.

  16. Boston Duck Tours boat rescues child, father in Charles River

    Photo: Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. A duck boat rescued a child and father from the Charles River Monday morning. Driving the news: The child, who is under 2 years old, slipped through the railing around 9:30am behind the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge and fell into the river, a state police spokesperson said.

  17. RMV: Duck Boat Driver Had Lengthy Driving Record, Numerous ...

    Boston Duck Tours released a statement Monday on the death of a 29-year-old woman involved in a collision with a duck boat on Saturday. "We know we don't have a big city, we have a small city with ...

  18. Dad and toddler rescued by Boston Duck Tours boat after falling into

    A father and his young child are very thankful for Boston's famous duck boats after being rescued Monday morning following a fall into the Charles River, officials said. The child, who is under 2 ...

  19. Duck Boat And Car Crash In Downtown Boston

    The Boston Duck Tours Boat collided with a car at the corner of Congress and State Streets Thursday afternoon. (WBZ-TV) ... Scrutiny has also increased since the tragic drowning of 17 people in ...

  20. Boston duck boat captains rescue toddler and father from Charles River

    Updated 4:47 PM PDT, August 20, 2024. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Captains of a Boston "duck boat" rescued a father and son from the Charles River after the toddler tumbled into the water followed by his father on Monday, officials said. The Boston Duck Tours boat, which take tourists both on water and on land, was participating in quarterly ...

  21. 1 killed, 1 hurt in duck tour boat crash in downtown Boston

    A woman was killed after being struck by a duck tour boat in downtown Boston Saturday morning. Police said a duck boat with 30 people onboard struck the woman, who was riding a motorized scooter ...

  22. Boston Duck Tours boat credited with rescuing child and adult from

    UPDATED: August 19, 2024 at 8:15 p.m. A Boston Duck Tours boat rescued a father and his young son clinging to rocks in the Charles River early Monday morning, officials reported. Early Monday, a ...

  23. Heavy Boston traffic brings delays and changes to duck boat tours

    It makes a tough day." The traffic has led to big headaches for Boston Duck Tours as it tries to make the vehicles run on time. "It's as bad, if not much worse, than it's ever been," said Boston Duck Tours CEO Cindy Brown. The tours are tightly scheduled to run 80 minutes, with drivers and narrators then getting 40-minute breaks before heading ...