(RNN) – Eight people have died in a duck boat accident near Branson, MO, according to a fire protection spokesman.
The tourist boat apparently capsized at Table Rock Lake during severe weather.
“We did have a severe thunderstorm,” said the spokesman, Eric Nielsen, of Southern Stone County Fire Protection. He added, though, that he was not sure if it was the contributing factor.
He said seven patients had been sent to the hospital, with more passengers still missing.
There were reportedly more than 20 people in the boat at the time of the accident.
8 confirmed fatalities from a Ride the Ducks boat sinking pic.twitter.com/vAmh5KcOpG
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