The youngest was a year old. the oldest was 76. nine were members of one family. friends and family are mourning the deaths of 17 people who were killed when a duck boat sank thursday near branson. Ervin coleman, who lost nine members of his family in a july 19 duck boat accident in branson, mo., sued the companies that run the vessels sunday, saying that they knew for years that the boats. A woman who lost nine members of her family in a duck boat accident in missouri that killed 17 people said she believes her children could have been saved if she could have grabbed life preservers.
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. another two members of the same family survived when the. Nine people in one family were among the 17 killed when a tourist duck boat capsized in a missouri lake thursday night, the governor's office said. two other members of that family survived. These are the nine indianapolis family members who died in the branson duck boat accident ingrid coleman douglas of indianapolis describes the devastation of learning that three generations of her.
