“Gas fumes built up in the engine area and a spark set off the explosion,” the Patrol wrote on Twitter. “A total of 16 people have been injured (15 on the boat and 1 on the dock).…
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the incident happened Friday at the Millstone Marina in Gravois Mills.
The blast happened a few weeks after eight people were injured at the Lake of the Ozarks when a boat ran aground and slammed into a house before overturning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said at the time that a 2014 Nortech boat ran aground near the 1.3-mile mark of the Osage Arm. All eight passengers on board were ejected.
Killed were Hayden Ritchhart, 22, of Carrollton, Missouri, and Evan Vandiver, 19, of Richmond, Missouri, police said. Gary Vandiver, 54, of Richmond, suffered serious injuries.
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