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Turkish Tourist Dies in Boat Capsize in Thai Resort
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Thai police Thursday recovered the body of a Turkish tourist drown in Tuesday's boat accident at Thailand's seaside resort Pattaya southeast of Bangkok,Thai News Agency reported.

 

Three passengers were injured when a boat carrying nearly 20 Turkish tourists capsized Tuesday. The victim, Ichami Ozturic, went missing then. Police in Pattaya discovered his body Thursday morning in coastal water near an island.

 

The boatman was charged with reckless operation of his motorboat following the accident, which occurred when the craft was heading to Koh Larn island from Pattaya, a popular resort town about 170 kilometers southeast of Bangkok in central Thai province of Chon Buri,

 

Koh Larn lay about 7.5 kilometers off Pattaya by a 45-minute ferry or 15 minutes by speedboat ride.

 

(Xinhua News Agency December 8, 2006)

 

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