Two boats, one of them with passengers of the 'Costa Victoria', have crashed at the entrance to the Royal Phuket Marina in the channel on Jan 16, 2018
Two boats, one of them with passengers of the 'Costa Victoria', have crashed at the entrance to the Royal Phuket Marina in the channel on Jan 16, 2018. The 'Pimracha' and 'Sattakamol' collided just off the coast resulting in six injuries including one Thai man and five Italian tourists. The accident happened at the entrance to the channel leading to the Royal Phuket Marina at 4:30 p.m. Two of the tourists have been sent to Vachira and Phuket International (Siriroj) Hospitals with serious injuries. The accident happened in the Ao Sapam Channel, the entrance way to Royal Phuket Marina and Boat Lagoon. The group of eight tourist travelled to Phuket with the 'Costa Victoria' and anchored in front of Patong Beach during the day and were in the speedboat 'Satakamol' with other passengers. Heading towards the RPM pier, another boat named 'Pimracha 5' hit the boat resulting in the people being injured. The boat drivers have been arrested for further investigation. Report with photos: https://www.phuketgazette...
