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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At least nine Buddhist monks were killed and more than 20 were injured on Thursday, when a child came in with his parents' truck in a courtship in northeastern Thailand, police said, reports AFP.
In a terrible accident in Thailand nine monks who were on a pilgrimage were killed. At the wheel of the vehicle, which raced into the group of Buddhists, was an eleven-year-old boy who had illegally stolen his father's pickup. The group of 35 monks and five lay followers was on a pilgrimage in the province of Mukdahan. Half an hour after they had started the 260-kilometer-long walk, the fatal accident occurred. Survivor: "Pick-Up crashed into us…
Eight Buddhist monks were killed and ten were wounded in northeast Thailand after a pick-up, led by an 11-year-old boy, overwhelmed them while they were in procession....
Nine Buddhist monks have been killed and several others injured after they were hit by a pickup truck in northeastern Thailand. The accident occurred in Mukdahan province, during a religious procession. According to police, the group of 35 monks and five devotees were walking along a road during a pilgrimage when a vehicle driven by an 11-year-old boy crashed into them. Authorities said the boy had stolen his parents' pickup truck and then lost …
At least nine dead after boy, 11, crashes pickup truck into group of travelling monks
A tragic incident unfolded in northeastern Thailand earlier today when an 11-year-old boy drove his parents' pickup truck into a Buddhist pilgrimage procession, leaving nine monks dead and approximately 10 others with serious injuries.The collision occurred in Mukdahan province, close to the border with Laos, shortly before midday on Thursday.The youngster had taken the bronze Isuzu vehicle from his family home without permission before travelli…
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