Terrifying moment British tourists scream as their speedboat crashes into TREES after the driver loses control and skids across a Thai island

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a speedboat carrying British tourists in Thailand crashed violently into trees, sparking screams from those on board.

Ellie Neary, from Derbyshire, was on an island hopping trip between Koh Lipe and Koh Lanta in southern Thailand when the driver lost control on January 3.

Footage shows the panicked holidaymakers clinging to their seats and cowering as they braced for impact.

The ship jumped out of the water and slid over land, cutting through branches and leaves in a mangrove forest.

Ellie Georgia said: ‘Our speedboat crashed onto land at high speed while traveling from Koh Lipe to Koh Lanta. The driver lost control and crashed into trees.

‘It was the scariest thing that happened to me on the trip. It was fortunate that no one was injured.”

Although the island hoppers appeared traumatized, no one was seriously injured

When the speedboat stopped, the tourists were heard asking each other if they had been injured.

Although the island hoppers appeared traumatized, no one was seriously injured.

The incident occurred the same week that a trio of young British women were among 11 injured in Thailand when an entire trunk of a sagebrush tree struck the roof of a bus in Kanchanaburi.

A 19-year-old from London, another 19-year-old from Welwyn Garden City and an 18-year-old from Oxford were on board the 54-year-old vehicle when the tree fell.

Nail-biting footage taken by a car driving behind the bus shows the tree slowly collapsing onto the roof of the bus.

According to local reports, it had been cut down with a chainsaw by an illegal logger.

The driver of the blue bus slid the vehicle down the road as the holidaymakers on board screamed in fear and came down a hill just meters away.

When police arrived on the scene, they found 36 passengers inside, adding that 11, including the British women, were rushed to hospital for treatment.

Police Lt. Col. Maneephat Pengklet, an investigator at Lat Ya Police Station, said police were informed of the accident at 10 a.m. on Friday.

A trio of female teenagers were among 11 injured after an incident in which an entire trunk of a sagebrush tree struck the roof of a bus in Kanchanaburi.

A 19-year-old from London, another 19-year-old from Welwyn Garden City and an 18-year-old from Oxford were on board the 54-year-old vehicle when the tree fell.

Most passengers suffered minor injuries and have since been released from hospital

Dashcam footage from a moving car captured at the moment the tree collapsed

He said: “A blue Benz passenger van was found at the scene on Highway No. 3199.

“He was on his way to Erawan Waterfall and a sagebrush tree on the side of the road had fallen on it. The windshield was shattered.

‘At least thirty foreign passengers were found during the first inspection. Ten people were injured due to broken glass and broken branches.’

The injured were taken to the local Synphaet hospital for treatment.

Most passengers suffered minor injuries and have since been discharged.

A Canadian tourist, Jaime Michelle Mitchell, 45, was taken to the ICU with a neck splint.

Land transport official Thawatchai Wiriyajit said he will pay the patients’ hospital bills.

Thailand’s largely unregulated ‘Wild West’ tourism industry has become infamous for its lack of health and safety.

Unqualified boat operators often take risks and venture into rough seas only so their boats can capsize, and many of the public transport vehicles are extremely old.

The worst accident in recent years occurred in November 2018, when a ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Phuket, killing dozens of Chinese tourists.

In August 2020, a ferry sank off the coast of Koh Samui, killing at least three people.

And last month, a South Korean holidaymaker died when a boat capsized near the island of Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province.