Boat crashes into Missouri home with 8 people on board, impressive photos show
- A speedboat collision resulted in serious injuries to eight people who were aboard the boat when it crashed Saturday night.
- Incident occurred in the Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis, with a boat equipped with powerful engines capable of reaching speeds close to 70 knots
- The boat collided with the shore before crashing into the side of a house, throwing all eight passengers off the boat as it capsized.
A speedboat accident in Missouri left eight people injured and requiring hospital treatment when a boat they were on ran aground and crashed into the side of a house.
The accident occurred Saturday night at Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis.
The impact after the ship ran aground threw all of the ship’s passengers as it capsized, near the 1.3-mile mark of the Osage Arm.
The boat was a 2014 Nortech boat with powerful engines and a top speed close to 70 knots.
The passengers, four women and four men between the ages of 21 and 51, were seriously injured. The group was taken to Lake Regional Hospital.
A speedboat collision caused serious injuries to eight people aboard the boat on Saturday night.
The incident occurred in the Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis, when a boat with powerful engines capable of reaching speeds close to 70 knots ran aground.
Two of the victims were from Louisville, Mississippi; two were from Huntington Beach, California; one from Oak Hills, California; one from Glen Ellyn, Illinois; one from Phelan, California, and another from Niles, Michigan, according to fox 2 now.
It is unclear if anyone inside the home suffered injuries in the collision.
The driver of the boat, identified as Adam Ramirez, 47, of Huntington Beach, California, was arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated and with serious injury.
Ramirez is known to be something of a motorboat enthusiast.
Later on Sunday, a crane was brought in to transport her to the boat.
The boat collided with the bank before crashing into the side of a house, throwing all eight passengers from the boat as it capsized.
Pictures from the accident scene on Sunday showed extensive damage to the house with bricks that had come loose from a side wall, looking extremely shaky.
Pictures from the accident scene on Sunday showed extensive damage to the house with bricks that had come loose from a side wall, looking extremely shaky.
The roof tiles also seemed to have come off along with the gutters.
The investigation into the accident continued on Sunday.
The soldiers spent time reconstructing the scene of the accident using a drone. Later on Sunday, a crane was brought in to transport it by boat.
