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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri's attorney general said he will not bring criminal charges against an electric utility over a 2005 reservoir collapse in the Ozarks that seriously injured a family of five.
The collapse of the stone retaining wall around Ameren Corp.'s Taum Sauk reservoir spilled more than 1 billion gallons of water across a state park. A park superintendent and his family were hurt.
Attorney General Jay Nixon said the Missouri Highway Patrol "found no suspects to charge criminally in its investigation." But he added: "It is clear that Ameren repeatedly put profit over safety. For this they will be held accountable."
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