The Stone County Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the victims of Thursday night’s Ride the Ducks boat sinking on Table Rock Lake.
According to KY3 in Springfield, the sinking of the boat killed 17 people on board. The victims ages range from 1 to 76. One family, last name identified as the Colemans from Indianapolis Indiana, lost nine members in all. The deaths include four children from the Coleman family.
The following is a list of the fatalities from the incident.
-William Asher, 69, St. Louis, Mo.
-Rosemarie Hamann, 68, St. Louis Mo.
-Janice Bright, 63, Higginsville, Mo.
-William Bright, 65, Higginsville, Mo.
-Angela Coleman, 45, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Arya Coleman, 1, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Belinda Coleman, 69, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Ervin Coleman, 76, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Evan Coleman, 7, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Glenn Coleman, 40, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Horace Coleman, 70, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Maxwell Coleman, 2, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Reece Coleman, 9, Indianapolis, Ind.
-Leslie Dennison, 65, Illinois
-Bob Williams, 73, Branson, Mo.
-Lance Smith, 15, Osceola, Ark.
-Steve Smith, 53, Osceola, Ark.
Authorities say it could take several days to raise a duck boat that sank near Branson, killing its driver and 16 passengers.