Thai authorities report a road crash in Mukdahan Province in northeastern Thailand where a truck drives into a Buddhist monk procession during a pilgrimage. According to multiple accounts, a group of 35 monks and five lay followers are walking along a roadside when the truck ploughs into them. The incident results in deaths and injuries, with reports differing on the exact toll at the time of publication: one outlet says the death toll reaches 10, while another reports eight monks killed. Both accounts describe the same basic circumstances, including the size of the procession and its location in Mukdahan Province. The reports characterize the event as deliberate or attributable to the truck driver in terms of how the crash occurred, and they note that the procession consists of monks accompanied by lay participants. Updates continue as authorities assess the number of casualties and investigate what led to the truck entering the group. The incident draws attention to road safety during public religious events in the region.
Truck ploughs into Thai Buddhist monk procession in Mukdahan, killing at least eight
Thai authorities report a road crash in Mukdahan Province in northeastern Thailand where a truck drives into a Buddhist monk procession during a pilgrimage. According to multiple accounts, a group of...
- A truck crashes into a Buddhist monk procession during a pilgrimage in Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand.
- The group includes 35 monks and five lay followers walking along a roadside.
- Reports cite multiple fatalities, with figures of eight monks killed and later updates raising deaths to 10.
- Authorities are investigating the circumstances that led the truck to hit the procession.
A group of 35 monks and five lay followers were walking along a roadside in Mukdahan Province during a pilgrimage when a truck ploughed into them
3 hours agoThe group of 35 monks and five lay followers was walking along a roadside in northeastern Mukdahan province during a pilgrimage.
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