BANGKOK: An 11-year-old drove his parents’ truck into a Buddhist procession in Thailand on Thursday, killing eight monks and injuring more than 20 others, police and health officials said. The group of 35 monks and five lay followers were walking along a roadside in the northeastern Mukdahan province during a pilgrimage when the incident occurred. “I saw a boy driving a pickup truck, approaching. At that moment I was chanting ‘Buddho, Buddho’ (a meditation mantra),” one monk, identified as Phra Sompong, said in a video posted online by local rescue workers.

At least eight Buddhist monks were killed and more than 10 others were injured on Thursday when a child drove his parents' truck into a procession in northeastern Thailand, police…

Officials in Thailand say an 11-year-old boy has crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk, killing eight

At least 8 monks were killed on Thursday after an 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand.

At least nine monks were killed on Thursday after an 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand.

The monks were on a pilgrimage when the truck crashed into them