A sightseeing boat capsized Thursday on Table Rock Lake in Missouri, leaving eight people dead and prompting a massive rescue operation.
Seven people were transported to local hospitals and others remained missing about two hours after the incident, officials said.
The boat, an amphibious vehicle known as a duck boat, had 31 people on board, Sheriff Doug Rader told KY3.
Eric Nielsen, spokesman for the West Taney Co. fire department, called it a “mass casualty” event.
He said the boat was on the lake during a severe thunderstorm, and Rader later said he believed weather was a factor in the crash.
Source : Nbcnewyork
