11 people hospitalized after duck boat tips over with tourists onboard in Boston

BOSTON, Mass. - Eleven radical person been taken to the infirmary aft a duck vessel experienced a mechanical contented and tipped implicit with dozens of radical onboard successful the Boston country connected Saturday.

Massachusetts State Police said troopers responded to a vessel ramp connected Museum Way successful Cambridge aft proceeding 1 of the duck boats was experiencing a mechanical issue.

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The vessel was successful the process of being towed onto the vessel ramp erstwhile thing caused it to extremity to 1 side, according to authorities police.

There were 31 radical onboard, and 11 radical were taken to adjacent hospitals with what are believed to beryllium insignificant injuries, troopers said.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA - April 21, 2026: A pinkish Boston Duck Boad Tour conveyance driving successful downtown Boston. Boston Duck Tours is simply a privately owned institution that operates humanities tours of the metropolis of Boston utilizing renovated World War II amphibious DUKW (aka Duck) vehicles.

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None of the passengers coiled up successful the water, constabulary told FOX News Digital. Everyone aboard the vessel has been accounted for, section constabulary said.

It's chartless what circumstantial mechanical contented the vessel experienced.

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Boston is known for its fashionable Duck Tours, which supply a unsocial mode to research the superior metropolis by onshore and water.

The circuit travels on the Charles River, providing a historical and acquisition acquisition for tourists.

Cambridge, MA, USA - March 28, 2025: View of a Duck Boat, waiting for tourists successful beforehand of the New England Aquarium.

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Boston Duck Tours is simply a fashionable tourer attraction that started successful 1994 and has since expanded to see 28 duck circuit boats that instrumentality hundreds of radical retired connected rides daily.

The institution told Fox News Digital that portion being towed connected its vessel ramp, the conveyance rolled onto its broadside erstwhile the tow-rope broke.

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"As a precaution, we person suspended operations for the remainder of the day," the institution wrote successful a statement. "We are moving with Massachusetts State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard to reappraisal the incident."

The duck boats person been utilized successful caller years to parade the region's galore title teams done Boston, including the New England Patriots, the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins successful 2011, according to FOX News Digital.