Two More Duck Boat Workers Indicted In Sinking That Killed 17
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people.
Curtis Lanham, the general manager at Ride the Ducks Branson, and Charles Baltzell, the operations supervisor, were charged with misconduct and neglect in a 47-count indictment that was unsealed and made public Thursday following their initial court appearances, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
The boat’s captain, Kenneth Scott McKee, of Verona, was indicted previously on charges alleging that he failed to properly assess the weather and failed to tell passengers to don flotation devices as conditions worsened.
Other comments on this incident were noted here, here, and here.
Now that summer has arrived, it’s good to review the facts regarding this incident and bear in mind that it could happen again to anyone who doesn’t diligently monitor the weather.
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