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Duck Boats Strike Again: Accident in Boston Causes 7-Car Pileup

Just eight days after a duck boat collided with a barge in Philadelphia's Delaware River, a duck boat in Boston caused a seven-car crash today when a piece of radio equipment on the boat fell off and lodged behind the brake pedal. Initially, the vehicle was unable to stop, but the driver eventually moved the piece of...

2 Hungarian Boat Crash Victims Remembered in Pa.

PHILADELPHIA (July 10) -- Friends silently and solemnly dropped white roses into the Delaware River on Saturday in memory of the two Hungarian students who died when the amphibious tourist boat they were riding was struck by a barge and sank. City officials, religious leaders and Hungarian diplomats joined the group of...

2nd Body Pulled From River After Duck Boat Crash

Clem Murray, Philadelphia Inquirer / MCT

PHILADELPHIA (July 9) -- Police retrieved a second body Friday from the Delaware River after they recovered the duck boat that was struck by a barge and capsized, leaving two young Hungarians missing. Authorities did not immediately confirm whether the body was that of 20-year-old Szabolcs Prem. He has been missing since...

Hope Fading for Tourists Missing in Duck Boat Crash

(July 8) -- The company that owns the amphibious tour vehicle that collided with a barge on the Delaware River suspended its excursions nationwide today as hopes faded for finding two people missing after the crash in Philadelphia. "Our thoughts and prayers are with our Philadelphia tour guests, crew members and their...

Background on duck boat

The DUKW (colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation (GMC) during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious attacks.

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