11 Persons Dead Following Boat Accident In Missouri

  11 persons have been left dead after a tourist boat carrying them alongside 20 others to include children, capsized on a lake in Missouri. The accident occurred following a severe thunderstorm on Thursday. Reports confirm that seven others were injured, and five people are still missing. KY3 reported that Emergency Services were called to Table Rock Lake, Stone County, near Branson, Missouri, at about 7pm after severe thunderstorms were experienced through the area. The Southern Stone County Fire Protection District tagged the accident a “mass casualty”.
“Seven patients [are in] the hospital and we do have some people still missing. So this is going to be an all night, into tomorrow [search],” Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader told reporters about 9.30pm.   Photo Credit: Getty

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