Thailand: Child crashes vehicle into group of monks
Key takeaways
- An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck belonging to his parents into a group of monks on a pilgrimage, police said.
- A child drove his parents' pickup truck into a group of Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, police said.
- Mukdahan province's Governor Waorrayan Boonarat said that five people were killed at the scene and three more died of their injuries in hospital, while another 14 were wounded.
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An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck belonging to his parents into a group of monks on a pilgrimage, police said. Eight were killed in the incident and 14 more were hospitalized in Mukdahan province.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GQVZThailand's roads are dangerous by regional standards and are used by all manner of vehicles — sometimes in considerable states of disrepair (FILE: August 19, 2025)Image: Nathalie Jamois/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/picture alliance Advertisement. A child drove his parents' pickup truck into a group of Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, police said.
Mukdahan province's Governor Waorrayan Boonarat said that five people were killed at the scene and three more died of their injuries in hospital, while another 14 were wounded.