The parents of two Hungarian students who died in a tourist duck boat accident on the Delaware River in Philadelphia last month have a filed a wrongful death suit.
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The lawsuit stemming from the deaths of Dora Schwendtner, 16, and Szabolcs Prem, 20, names the tour operator, Ride the Ducks, the city and others as defendants, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark.
The legal papers charge the tour operator with negligence for turning off the boat’s overheated engine and dropping anchor in the busy river July 7. The duck boat, with 37 passengers and crew members, was hit by a city barge being pulled by a tugboat and capsized.
The lawsuit claims that the tugboat company was reckless for not having a crew member stationed to watch for any dangerous situations, since the river has blind spots.
The lawyer for the families of the two victims also alleges that the duck boat’s canopy trapped people, creating a “death cage,” according to The Ledger.