‘Our hearts just hurt’: Nine Indiana family members among Branson duck boat victims
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Divers found four more bodies Friday in a Missouri lake where a duck boat packed with tourists capsized and sank in high winds, bringing the death toll to 17 in the country-and-western town of Branson, authorities said. (July 20)
APNine members of the Coleman family from Indianapolis, Indiana, were killed Thursday in the duck boat accident on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri.(Photo: Courtesy: Ingrid Coleman)INDIANAPOLIS – Nine members of an Indianapolis family were among the 17 people who died when an amphibious duck boat capsized Thursday night during a severe thunderstorm in Branson, Missouri.”They were very loved. It’s a huge family on all sides,” family member Ingrid Coleman told IndyStar on Friday night from her home in Indianapolis. “It’s unimaginable. I would never have thought I would have lost this number of people this way.”Eleven members of the Coleman family – three generations – were in Branson on a vacation. Two survived the tragedy, one adult and one child.Ingrid Coleman identified the following members of her family who were killed: Belinda Coleman, Glenn Coleman, Horace “Butch” Coleman, Irvin Raymond Coleman and Angela Coleman, who are all adults, and children Evan Coleman, Reece Coleman, Maxwell Coleman and Arya Coleman.More: 9 members of one family among 17 dead in duck boat accident in BransonMore: Video shows moments before Branson, Missouri duck boat capsizesMore: Before accident in Branson, Missouri, duck boats had history of fatalitiesBoth Ingrid Coleman and Kyrie Rose, whose husband is a member of the Coleman family, told IndyStar that the family typically went on vacation together once a year.”They were definitely a very close-knit, loving family,” Rose said. “It’s really difficult to place an emotion on it. All of our hearts just hurt.”The family members who survived were Tia Coleman and her nephew.Tia Coleman, …
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