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Norwegian tourist fatally injured by speed boat rotors

KOH SAMUI: -- A Norwegian tourist was fatally injured by a speed boat's rotors when she came to the surface after scuba diving near Koh Tao in Surat Thani Monday afternoon.


The tourist was identified as Silji Macdison, 22. The rotors hit her head and left leg. She died while the authorities were trying to send her a hospital on Koh Samui.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Norwegian-tourist-fatally-injured-by-speed-boat-ro-30250400.html

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-- The Nation 2014-12-22

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good to see caring people are still here on TV

A waste of a young life

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Norwegian tourist fatally injured in Koh Tao diving accident

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A Norwegian tourist was fatally injured while scuba diving when she was hit by the propeller of a passing boat near Koh Tao in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani on December 22, according to local police.

The Norwegian woman, identified as Silji Macdison, 22, sustained severe cuts to the head and on her left thigh as she was surfacing in shallow waters just off Koh Tao around 2.30 pm.

A rescue team, with emergency medical services personnel, rushed to the scene of accident but could not save her life.

According to police, Macdison was undergoing scuba diving course under supervision from an instructor from Scuba Junction diving school.

Natakorn Meekwan, 23, the captain of the boat was arrested for recklessness causing death. The boat was carrying a group of scuba divers when the accident took place.

The body of Macdison was being held at Koh Tao health clinic pending an autopsy to be performed at Surat Thani hospital.

--ScandAsia.com 2014-12-22

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Norwegian girl dies after hitting rotor blades on return to water surface after scuba diving

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KOH TAO: -- A 22-year-old Norwegian scuba diver was killed after floating to the water surface and was hit on the head by the rotor blades of a passing speedboat.

The incident happened Monday afternoon near Koh Tao in Surat Thani.

She was identified as Silji Macdison.

She received serious cuts on the head and legs when she was rescued from the sea.

But she died shortly afterwards before being sent to hospital in Samui.

Meanwhile 13 German tourists and Thai guides were rescued on Sunday morning when the small cruise boat they were on hit a rock and became stuck fast on it.

The incident took place near Leam Ka Yai Beach in Rawai.

Rawai deputy mayor Theerepong Taodang said that he was told by people from the Sea Gypsy village in Rawai that the two-deck boat, Electric Blue, had collided with the rock, cracking the hull.

The boat was heeling over to one side, he said, and those aboard were afraid it was going to sink.

Three long-tail boats and Rawai municipal rescuers in a dinghy were able to bring all the tourists safely to shore but the boat remained jammed on the rock.

Boonpeng Hanfalien, 42, a Thai passenger, said she had chartered Electric Blue on December 19 from Chalong pier to take her and 11 German friends to look at coral and to fish at Koh Hey, Koh Racha and Koh Phi Phi for three days and two nights.

But the incident happened Sunday about one kilometre from Rawai pier in the early hours after the boat had left Phi Phi and was heading toward Chalong pier.

The captain steered the boat close to shore and it hit the rock, which damaged the bottom of the boat, she added.

(Photo : Google Maps)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/norwegian-girl-dies-hitting-rotor-blades-return-water-surface-scuba-diving

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-- Thai PBS 2014-12-23

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Norwegian tourist dies in a boat accident while diving
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The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A Norwegian tourist was fatally injured by a boat propeller blade while diving off Koh Tao in Surat Thani's Koh Pha Ngan district yesterday.

The 22-year-old tourist, Silje Fauskerud Mathisen, was pronounced dead on the way to a medical facility, said Pol Captain Chakkapong Kaewkhao of Koh Tao Police Station. The tourist's body would undergo autopsy while police investigate the incident and interview the boat's driver, Nathakorn Meekwan, 23, and her diving instructor. Nathakown was initially charged with reckless driving, causing another's death.

Witnesses told police that the woman was diving in shallow water under the instructor's supervision when the propeller blade of a passing-by boat hit her in the back of head. The boat rushed her to Koh Tao Inter Hospital but she succumbed to the injury.

In the same province, a Russian tourist also died yesterday, after his compatriot was earlier killed by acute decompression sickness during reportedly unauthorised diving at the Ratchaprapa Dam (Chiao Lan) in Ban Ta Khun district on Sunday.

The group of four Russians, who had chartered a boat from Phuket to visit the dam, dived into the 30-metre-deep water. The 46-year-old Dmitry Dokuchave suffered from acute decompression sickness and died at the scene, while his friend Marsym Polejaice was seriously injured and initially rushed to Ban Ta Khun Hospital. Polejaice was pronounced dead yesterday at 1.30am at Surat Thani Hospital.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Norwegian-tourist-dies-in-a-boat-accident-while-di-30250460.html

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-- The Nation 2014-12-23

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One wonders why the engine was on.

I took it to mean a passing boat, but your point is well made. ............R.I.P.

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Sometime ago I see on a tv fishing/diving programme-- that the prop had a safety cage around it--sounds a simple remedy--but I guess it's ALL about " performance + nauticle miles per gallon "--i.e $$$$$'s/ Baht

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....dumb.....sick.......sh*ts.........

...this is the 99% employment rate they pride themselves on......

...take any jack*ss.........and give them a position and a title........

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