Attorney for Victims Says Duck Boats are 'Death Traps'

The attorney for the families of two people killed when a Ride the Ducks boat sunk in the Delaware River earlier this month is asking the city and the Coast Guard to keep the boats off the river because of on-going safety concerns.

KYW's Jim Melwert reports that attorney Bob Mongeluzzi points to a 2002 NTSB report that says the Duck Boats sink too easily if they become flooded. And the canopy of the boat, he says, essentially cages people in:

"And despite eight-to-ten years of knowledge and recommendations from the NTSB, the industry has not heeded their recommendations and continue to rent out and make available death traps."

The 2002 report reviewed the 1999 sinking of a duck boat in Arkansas that killed 13 people.

Mongeluzzi says the Ride the Ducks company puts profits over people, and he asks how many more people have to die before the company makes the changes.

Ride the Ducks did not return phone calls seeking comment.