17 die in duck boat sinking

A tourist duck boat capsized and sank in a sudden storm on a lake near Branston, Missouri, on Thursday night, killing 17 of the 31 people on board, authorities said yesterday.

Nine of the victims were from the same family. Two members of the family survived, a spokesman for Missouri’s governor. Mike Parson, said. Witnesses captured footage of the boat succumbing to rough waters on Table Rock Lake.