A child drove his parents' pickup truck into a group of Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, police said.
What do we know about the incident?
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.
Local police said that the boy was in custody and the cause of the crash was under investigation. They said that the monks reported seeing the vehicle losing balance before sliding off the road and crashing into the group. Where did this happen?
A group of 35 monks and five lay followers were walking along the roadside on a pilgrimage in the region, about 600 kilometers (roughly 375 miles) northeast of the capital Bangkok.
