A circuit court judge said prosecutors had not proved that three employees committed felony offenses by taking the boat out on a lake near Branson, Mo., before powerful thunderstorms struck.
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3 facing charges in deadly 2018 duck boat sinking near Branson, Missouri
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Three men linked to a deadly duck boat sinking near Branson
By Carma Hassan, CNN
Three men linked to a deadly duck boat sinking near Branson, Missouri, in July 2018 are facing a total of 63 charges related to the incident, according to a statement from the Missouri attorney general’s office.
Kenneth Scott McKee, who captained the boat and was employed by the now defunct company “Ride the Ducks Branson,” was charged with 29 felony counts, including 17 counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, according to a criminal complaint.
Charles Baltzell, who worked as the company’s operations supervisor, was charged with 17 counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, the complaint shows.
By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press
A local prosecutor charged a boat captain and two other employees Friday over 17 deaths in July 2018 when a tourist duck boat sank on a Missouri lake during a severe thunderstorm, reviving the threat of long prison sentences seven months after federal charges against them were dismissed.
The total of 63 felony charges were filed in Stone County against the captain, the general manager and the manager on duty the day of the accident for the Ride the Ducks attraction on Table Rock Lake near the tourist mecca of Branson, in southwestern Missouri.
Captain Kenneth Scott McKee, of Verona, general manager Curtis Lanham, of Galena, and manager on duty Charles Baltzell, of Kirbyville, were charged after a federal judge dismissed earlier charges filed by federal prosecutors, concluding they did not have jurisdiction.
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Three men charged in deadly 2018 Missouri duck boat accident
A local prosecutor charged a boat captain and two other employees Friday over 17 deaths in July 2018 when a tourist duck boat sank on a Missouri lake during a severe thunderstorm, reviving the threat of long prison sentences seven months after federal charges against them were dismissed.
by The Associated Press
Jul. 16 2021 @ 10:18pm
A local prosecutor charged a boat captain and two other employees Friday over 17 deaths in July 2018 when a tourist duck boat sank on a Missouri lake during a severe thunderstorm, reviving the threat of long prison sentences seven months after federal charges against them were dismissed.