Boats looking for 2 missing after Philadelphia duck boat crash ending search for the night

Darkness halting search for duck boat survivors

PHILADELPHIA — Rescue boats in Philadelphia are starting to return to shore for the night after hours of fruitless searching for two people aboard a duck boat that capsized and sank.

Just two boats are still out on the Delaware River, about a half mile downriver from where the Ride the Ducks vessel was struck by a barge Wednesday afternoon.

A 16-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man are missing. More than 30 other people who were aboard the boat are accounted for, with only minor injuries reported.

Investigators from the National Transportation and Safety Board say they are starting an investigation.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A spokeswoman says all eight people taken to a Philadelphia hospital after a duck boat capsized have been treated and released.

Hahnemann University Hospital spokeswoman Coleen Cannon says 10 people were taken there after Thursday afternoon’s collision between the tourist boat and a barge.

Cannon says two declined treatment and eight others — three teenagers, three younger children and two adults — were treated for minor injuries. Cannon says that by 8 p.m., all of them had been treated and released.

Meanwhile, police say searchers are looking for a 16-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man believed to have been aboard the duck boat. The boats can travel seamlessly on land and water.