A federal magistrate judge has recommended that criminal charges be dismissed in a 2018 duck boat sinking during a storm on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people, including nine from the same family.
U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush made the recommendation on Friday, writing that a 47-count indictment against the duck boat's captain, operations supervisor and on-duty manager should be dropped because the tragedy occurred on a lake that is not considered a "navigable waterway" under federal admiralty law governing waterways and highways customarily used for commerce.
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