Twelve tourists including Brits were injured in a horror speedboat crash that killed the captain in southern Thailand.<br /><br />The vessel, named Choksupasarn, had 49 people on board including 45 tourists from different countries.<br /><br /><br />They left the pier in Phuket around 10am on Wednesday for a tour of Koh Khai Nok in Phang Nga province.<br /><br />The speedboat crashed into a luxury Russian motor yacht Stella, which was on its way back near Koh Khai Nok.<br /><br />Tour boat captain Surat Mat-osod was killed in the collision and dozens of panicked tourists were injured after being flung into the choppy seas.<br /><br />Pictures show the bloodied and battered tourists being carried to hospital on stretchers.<br />The injured holidaymakers are reportedly from Russia, Pakistan, Estonia, Iran, England and Egypt.<br /><br />They are being treated at Thalang Hospital in Phuket.<br /><br />Rescue workers were today searching for one of the missing crew, Manoon Samanbut, who was flung into the water.<br />Police Colonel Prasert Srikhunnarat, superintendent of marine police sub-division 8, said several vessels had been dispatched around the area of the crash.<br /><br /><br />He added: "Police divers are also searching for the missing crew member and the operation will continue until we can find him.<br /><br />"There is a chance he is still alive. There are 12 divers involved with the search."<br />Kittipong Samanbut, the worried father of the missing crewman, said his son had only been working on the vessel for one month.<br /><br />According to Bangkok Post, the speedboat captain was involved in a fatal crash at sea in 2014.<br /><br />The speedboat collided with a fishing trawler off Krabi, killing two South Korean tourists and leaving a dozen injured.<br />
