Rash of Duck Boat Accidents With Capsizing in Philadelphia and Crashes in Boston

This past month has seen a rash of boating accidents involving duck boats – amphibious tour vehicles that can both drive on land and cruise on water, thereby providing tourists with a combined city street and river tour in historic cities like Boston and Philadelphia.

Unfortunately, July has seen a rash of accidents involving the duck boats. In Philadelphia, on July 7, 2010, a stalled duck boat was run over by a barge, plunging tourists into the Delaware River, and resulting in the deaths of two passengers.

In Boston, a duck boat collided with five other vehicles on land after experiencing brake pedal problems, injuring five. This accident came only a few days after another accident in Boston involving a car that tried to maneuver around the duck boat on the road.

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Tom D'Amore is the founder of D'Amore Law Group and a trial attorney with over 30 years of experience representing injured people and their families across the West Coast, securing more than $325 million in recoveries. He handles cases involving car accidents, trucking accidents, construction injuries, medical malpractice, and sexual abuse. Licensed in Oregon, Washington, and California, Tom is the only NBTA board-certified truck accident attorney in Oregon. He is a national Board of Governors member, past Executive Committee member, and past Budget and Audit Chair of the American Association for Justice, as well as past President of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and an Eagle member of the Washington State Association for Justice.