Two Russian children were killed and 21 other tourists injured when two speedboats collided in the sea near a marina in Muang district about 7.50am on Monday.
Police said the collision happened at the channel near Phuket Boat Lagoon as Panan 5, operated by SeaStar Co in tambon Ratsada, was approaching the Royal Phuket Marina in tambon Ko Kaeo to pick up tourists.
It collided head-on with ALP 111, operated by Andaman Leisure Phuket Co, which was leaving the marina with a full load of 35 passengers, mostly Russians.
Injured tourists were rushed to local hospitals. Two of them, a 12-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl from Russia, later died of their injuries.
Police quoted eyewitnesses as saying the Panan 5 cut in at a junction and caused the collision.
The drivers of the two boats were charged with reckless driving causing deaths and injuries.
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Russian children killed in Phuket speedboat crash
Russian children killed in Phuket speedboat crash
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Children from one family...
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Re: Russian children killed in Phuket speedboat crash
Must admit to questioning the use of "Speedboat" with that number of passengers, but looking at those outboard motors on the link that Pete posted, enough said.
All well and good as long as you have sensible pilots/captains - very much not so in this case it seems
All well and good as long as you have sensible pilots/captains - very much not so in this case it seems
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So the marine chief thinks only one of the boats was travelling too fast? It seemed to me they both were and in what was a high speed virtually head on crash, it's a miracle there weren't more fatalities.
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