A woman in her 20s was hit and killed by a duck boat in downtown Boston Saturday, Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans said.
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The driver of an amphibious sightseeing vehicle involved in a fatal crash with a woman riding a scooter in Boston has a history of driving violations.
“Duck boats should be banned”, said Mongeluzzi, “they were created to invade countries from the sea, they are totally inappropriate and unsafe for city streets”.
A male passenger travelling with her was also injured. He called what happened “a very hard experience for all involved”. “For 22 years, the people of Boston have accepted Boston Duck Tours as part of the community”. The tours also involve a floating portion on the Charles River.
Bob Schwartz, a Boston Duck Tours spokesman, said in an email that the group is cooperating with police and trying to obtain video footage to see what happened. The passenger did not have life-threatening injuries, McGuire added.
A duck boat driven by Tavares struck and killed 28-year-old
Allison Warmuth of Beacon Hill on Saturday morning as she drove a motor scooter on Beacon Street.
“Duck boats are death traps, they’ve killed more than 20 people in the last 19 years”, said attorney Robert Mongeluzzi.
On July 7, 2010 – two young tourists on a Ride The Ducks (not the owner-operator of the Boston tour boat) Delaware River cruise were killed in an incident that sparked global controversy over whether the amphibious boat with a checkered past could safely operate.
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Duck boats were first used by the U.S. Army when it deployed thousands of amphibious landing craft during World War II that were known then by their military designation, DUKW.
