Police Friday recovered two bodies from the Delaware River, victims of an accident where a sightseeing duck boat was hit by a 250-foot barge and sank.
It appears that the two bodies were those of Szabolcs Prem, 20, and Dora Schwendtner, 16, who were part of a group of tourists visiting from Hungary.
They were the casualties of an accident Wednesday when a touring duck boat stalled, and several minutes later was hit by the barge. Another 35 people were safely recovered after the accident. Police salvaged the duck boat from the bottom of the river Friday.
The duck boat had put out a distress call when it stalled, but the Coast Guard said that it couldn’t make out any voices.
The company that operates Ride the Ducks tour boats said it was suspending its operations across the country in th wake of the fatal crash.
Schwendtner’s body was discovered early Friday on the river about two miles from where the accident took place. An autopsy was performed on her body, and she died of drowning.
Prem’s body floated up from underneath the barge after authorities pulled the duck boat up from the river bottom.