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Thai officials say death toll in Phuket boat accident climbs to 17 Phuket boat accident death toll climbs to 17, Thai officials say
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Thai authorities said Friday the death toll in a boat accident off the coast of Phuket has climbed to 17, AP reports. According to the chief of the Phuket provincial disaster prevention and mitigation center, another 38 people were missing. At least 10 of the dead where Chinese tourists, the official added. Navy divers are scouring the wreckage of a boat that was carrying 105 people, including 93 tourists, 11 crew and one tour guide when it toppled in 5-meter-high seas on Thursday. The death toll in a boat accident off the coast of Phuket has climbed to 17, Thai authorities said Friday according to AP. Another 38 people are missing, according to the chief of Phuket's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Center. At least 10 of those who died were Chinese tourists, the official added. Navy divers are scouring the wreckage of a boat that was carrying 105 people, including 93 tourists, 11 crew and one tour guide when it toppled in 5-meter-high seas on Thursday.