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A Duck boat capsized in Branson

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Wasn't there a bad accident in Seattle a few years back? I seem to recall something like that.

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Yes! There was a boating/traffic accident in Seattle some years ago.
 
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The Duck boat/traffic accident in Seattle was September ,2015 and
Five (5) peoples loss their lives.
 
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When we went on the duck boat in Boston we had to wear our life jackets. Not sure if we did in Miami?
 

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When we went on the duck boat in Boston we had to wear our life jackets. Not sure if we did in Miami?
When we took the duck boat in Boston no life jackets were required.
 

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Well, we went 11 years ago.
 

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No life jackets in Wisconsin dells
 

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Just did a duck boat tour in the Dells last month for the first time. They did not require us to wear life jackets on that one.
 

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Today's newspaper said the duck boat had been chopped apart to extend the middle, and that the engineering for that was done by someone who wasn't an engineer.
 

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I notice the ones that go out on tour here in Wisconsin have six rows can seat 24 plus driver and there is a jump seat if needed. The ones that drive around in down town offering rides to the ducks a couple more rows, but don’t go in the water.
 

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I would not ride on these attractions. It is just situational awareness, even if you have access to PFD, you do not have access to egress.

This happened in Hot Springs. The cause of the capsize was different but the results were the same.
 

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The Duck boat/traffic accident in Seattle was September ,2015 and
Five (5) peoples loss their lives.
IIRC - the axle broke, causing the Duck to careen into a tour bus carrying foreign exchange students.

The accident happened on the Aurora Bridge - fortunately, even though two massive vehicles were involved, neither vehicle fell off the bridge. In 1998 a large Metro transit bus plunged off the bridge after a passenger shot the driver while the bus was traveling about 50 mph.

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