Nine Thai monks killed after 11-year-old driver collides with procession
Police said the 11-year-old took his parents' pickup without permission and lost control, leaving four monks in critical condition.
- On Thursday, an 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of 35 Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage in northeastern Thailand, killing nine.
- The group started a 260-kilometer pilgrimage walk to Ubon Ratchathani province about 30 minutes before the collision occurred on a roadside in Mukdahan province.
- Security footage from Ruam Jai Mukdahan Rescue Association shows the monks walking in a single line before the truck, allegedly taken from the boy's home, struck them.
- Fourteen others were hospitalized with four in critical condition, while police took the boy to Mueang Mukdahan Police Station for questioning with child protection officers.
- Local police chief Pairoj Thaiphutsa is investigating after witnesses reported the vehicle swerving, while the boy's grandmother stated he has special needs and took the vehicle without permission.
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A pickup truck struck a group of Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage in Thailand's Mukdahan province, killing eight monks and injuring more than 20. Police say the truck was driven by an 11-year-old boy who allegedly drove the vehicle without permission.
Dramatic incident in northeast Thailand, where eight Buddhist monks lost their lives and ten more were injured after being hit by a pick-up led by an 11-year-old boy. The tragedy occurred in the province of Mukdahan, while a group of 35 monks and five lay faithful were participating in a pilgrimage along a street in the area. According to police reconstruction, the boy would take the vehicle without parental permission, then losing control and o…
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Another ten people are hospitalized, two of them in critical condition.
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