THERE WERE SIX NEW MEXICANS ON THAT DUCK BOAT IN WHICH 17 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE BOAT WHEN UNDERWATER LAST WEEK IN MISSOURI. THAT FROM MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTS ONE OF THE SIX HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT THE OTHER FIVE WERE NOT INJURED. THE SERIOUSLY INJURED NEW MEXICAN WAS THE GRANDMOTHER, WHO HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL’S ICU.
CHANNEL 13 SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO ASKED THAT THEY NOT BE IDENTIFIED. THE FAMILY HASN’T RETURNED YET TO NEW MEXICO.
