Posted on July 8th, 2010at 4:02 pmby xtd. crawler
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Duck Boat Accident: Philly Authorities Probe Duck Boat Accident’ duck tours philadelphia, duck boat, duck boats, duck boat philadelphia, barge. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Coast Guard are continuing to investigate the accident, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m. yesterday, July 7, 2010. The boat was one of a fleet of boats known as “duck boats” that operate as tourist vessels launched daily out of Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing in the Delaware River.
Apparently, the duck boat broke down shortly after its launch when it experienced mechanical difficulties and caught fire. While its crew waited for help, the boat sat idly in the river as a 250-foot city-operated barge – the Resource – approached.
The massive barge struck and ran over the boat, capsizing and sinking it, and all of the passengers were thrown into the river, including many children. Several eye witnesses commented that it seemed as if the barge had plenty of time to avoid hitting the duck boat.
The duck boat accident yesterday on Philadelphia’s Delaware River has made national headlines. Thirty-seven tourists went into the water when a duck boat that was having mechanical difficulties stalled in the path of a barge. The barge could not manuver around the duck and slammed into it. A sixteen-year-old girl and 20-year-old man from Hungary are still missing. Hopefully, these two young people will turn up ok.
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