I made a topic about this earlier, and man, I'm still kind of shocked. I've taken my niece and nephew on it a few times (that exact one, too, I live like an hour from Branson). My family was thinking about riding it just last Saturday when we were down there. This hits really close to home for me.
I live in Ozark and was at work in Springfield at the time so I didn't hear a thing about it till I got home
I live in Marshfield (20~ minutes outside of Springfield). I was watching local TV and they cut in to talk about how there was an unspecific boating accident, but there weren't details until a bit later. It's been all over my Facebook feed and stuff all night. Pretty nuts really.
Holy shit, I used to live in Springfield. I've been on this ride years ago, never thought about stuff like this happening