Divers Hunt For 4 After Missouri Duck Boat Sinks, killing 13

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Divers are searching Friday for four people still missing after a duck boat packed with tourists capsized in high winds on a southwest Missouri lake, killing at least 13 people.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace said 14 people survived, including seven who were injured when the Ride the Ducks boat sank on Table Rock Lake in Branson Thursday evening.

Patrol divers found two more bodies early Friday, raising the death toll from 11 to 13, Pace said.

Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said late Thursday that stormy weather likely made the boat capsize.

The National Weather Service said thunderstorms brought winds of 50 to 65 mph (80 to 105 kph) to the Branson area Thursday evening. After a calm night on the lake, another round of thunderstorms passed within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of the area before 7 a.m. Friday and more are forecast, some severe, weather service meteorologist Jason Schaumann warned.

Source WBAL