Boat crashes into Missouri home with 8 people on board, stunning photos show
- A collision with a speedboat resulted in serious injuries to eight people who were on board the ship when it crashed Saturday night
- Incident occurred on the Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis, involving a ship equipped with powerful engines capable of speeds approaching 70 knots
- The boat collided with the shore before slamming into the side of a house, throwing all eight passengers off the boat as it overturned
A speedboat accident in Missouri left eight people injured and requiring hospital treatment when a ship they were on ran aground and crashed straight into the side of a house.
The crash occurred late Saturday night near the Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis.
The impact after the boat ran aground threw all of the ship’s passengers as it overturned close to the 1.5-mile mark of the Osage Arm.
The boat was a 2014 Nortech boat with powerful engines and a top speed of almost 70 knots.
The passengers, consisting of four women and four men between the ages of 21 and 51, were seriously injured. The group was taken to Lake Regional Hospital.
A collision with a speedboat resulted in serious injuries to eight people who were on board the ship when the crash occurred late Saturday night
The incident occurred near the Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis, when a ship with powerful engines capable of speeds approaching 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 one from Niles, Michigan, according to Fox 2 Now.
It is not clear if anyone in the home was injured in the collision.
The driver of the boat, identified as 47-year-old Adam Ramirez of Huntington Beach, California, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated with serious injury.
Ramirez is known as a motorboat enthusiast.
Later on Sunday, a crane was used to tow the boat away
The boat collided with the bank before slamming into the side of a house, throwing all eight passengers off the boat as it overturned
Photos from the scene of the crash on Sunday showed a huge amount of damage to the house with bricks that had come loose from a side wall now looking extremely shaky
Photos from the scene of the crash on Sunday showed a massive amount of damage to the house with bricks that had come loose from a side wall now looking extremely shaky.
Tiles of the roof also appeared to have come loose along with gutters.
The investigation into the crash continued on Sunday.
Troopers spent time reconstructing the crash scene using a drone. Later on Sunday, a crane was used to tow the boat away.