Missouri boat captain charged with negligence in fatal incident
By Brett Samuels - 11/08/18 01:14 PM EST
Prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against the captain of a tourist boat that sank in Missouri earlier this year, killing 17 people.
Kenneth Scott McKee, 51, has been charged with 17 counts of misconduct, negligence or inattention to duty by a ship's officer resulting in death, The Associated Press reported.
McKee was the captain of a duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., after a severe storm rolled into the area and created dangerous conditions.
Prosecutors allege McKee did not properly assess the weather when taking the boat out, did not tell passengers to put on flotation devices and did not prepare passengers to abandon ship as conditions became untenable.
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