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Lawsuit Filed in Philadelphia Duck Boat Accident
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Families of the two victims of a duck boat accident in the Delaware River in Philadelphia last month have filed a maritime injury lawsuit that names the boat operator, Ride the Ducks and the tugboat operator, K-Sea Transportation Partners.
The horrific accident last month had a barge being towed by a tug colliding with a tourist duck boat. Among the passengers were a group of Hungarian exchange students. The impact caused the boat to sink, and all the passengers were thrown into the water. Two of the Hungarian students died in the accident. One of them, 20-year-old Szabolcs...
Coast Guard Releases Audiotapes from Delaware River Duck Boat-Barge Accident
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
The US Coast Guard this week released audiotapes from radio traffic, recorded around the time that an amphibious “Ride the Ducks” tourist boat was struck by a barge on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The tapes give some indication about the kind of mayhem that surrounded the moment when a barge plowed through a stalled tourist boat. The boat sank, and all passengers on the boat fell into the water. Two Hungarian tourists were killed.
As you listen to the tapes, the first indication of trouble comes from one shocked vessel operator who sees the barge plowing into...
Bodies of Hungarian Tourists in Philadelphia Barge-Tourist Boat Accident Found
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The bodies of two Hungarian tourists, one a 21-year-old man and the other , a16-year-old girl that had been missing since a deadly barge-tourist boat accident last week, have now been found and identified.
The accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. The two victims were part of a Hungarian youth exchange program, whose members were on the tourist boat. At some point, there was a fire on the boat, and the vessel stalled. There's no way of telling whether the boat was visible when an 800-foot barge went through it.
All the passengers in the boat fell overboard. Fortunately, they were all...
