Families want answers in Duck Boat accident
Families of Hungarian tourists killed in accident say they don’t understand why the barge hit the Duck Boat.
A Philadelphia lawyer is joining the team representing the families of two Hungarian tourists who were killed in the Duck Boat accident. The attorneys say the families want answers more than money.
New York lawyer Peter Ronai became emotional a number of times while talking on speakerphone from Hungary, about what the families of the tourists want.
“They’re not really thinking about money. They just wanna find out what happened, how did it happen? And mainly did the children have any pain and suffering? Because drowning is a very painful and slow way to die and they can’t sleep at night thinking about what their last moments were like.”
Ronai has been joined by Philadelphia lawyer Robert Mongeluzzi – who also plans to travel to Hungary to collect more information. He says defendants in a future lawsuit could include the Duck Boat company and the company that was piloting the boat that hit the sightseeing vessel and possibly the city as well.
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