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Coast Guard: Duck boat changes needed after Missouri sinking

by Associated Press
| April 28, 2020 10:06 AM

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A duck boat sinking on a Missouri Lake that killed 17 people two summers ago likely could have been prevented if the U.S. Coast Guard had followed recommendations made for years to improve the safety of such tourist attractions, federal safety regulators said Tuesday.

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