Boat Driver Flees After Striking British Diver Near Koh Tao
By Khaosod English
Rescue workers bring a 20-year-old tourist who was struck by a boat turbine to a hospital on Koh Samui, 9 June 2015.
SURAT THANI — A boat driver in southern Thailand fled after he struck a British tourist with his engine off the coast of Koh Tao yesterday.
According to police, the 20-year-old British woman nearly lost her leg in the accident, which occured while she was taking a diving lesson with other tourists from a company called Scuba Shark on the western side of the island.
The boat's turbine hit her leg, breaking two of her bones and causing her to bleed profusely.
Rescue workers were immediately dispatched to take the tourist to the closest hospital on nearby Koh Samui, where she is now recovering, according to medical workers.
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-- Khaosod English 2015-06-10
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Boat driver flees after striking British diver near Koh Tao
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