“Upon the collision of a tourist boat and a pleasure yacht in the province of Phang Nga in the waters of the Andaman Sea (east of the island of Phuket), the Russian embassy continues to find out the circumstances of the incident ... The employees of the consular department of the embassy are in touch with local authorities and check the presence of Russian citizens among the victims ", - said in a statement to the diplomatic department on Facebook.
The Embassy specified that, according to preliminary information, the boat captain, a Thai citizen, was killed as a result of the incident, as well as several tourists received injuries of varying severity.
Earlier, the Bangkok Post reported that there were supposedly tourists from Russia on board the boat that collided with the yacht.