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Judge dismisses criminal counts in Missouri duck boat deaths

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Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers observe as a duck boat is removed from Table Rock Lake after its sinking.
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December 3, 2020 8:39 PM
Published 3:05 PM

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed neglect and misconduct charges against three employees of a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake in 2018, killing 17 people.

U.S. District Judge Doug Harpool filed an order Wednesday upholding a recommendation made in September.

The boat captain, the general manager of the boat’s operator, and the manager on duty that day were charged with neglect and misconduct after the amphibious vehicle sank during a storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson.

The captain also was charged with failure to properly assess the weather and not telling passengers to use flotation devices.

Riders from Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Arkansas were killed.

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