Eleven-Year-Old Crashes Truck Into Monks, Five Dead
An 11-year-old boy drove a pickup truck into a group of monks on a Buddhist Lent pilgrimage in northeastern Thailand, killing five monks on the Mukdahan-Don Talan road.
Wat Roi Phra Phutthaba Phumirom expressed shock after sharing photos of alms offerings to monks from Nam Khun district, Ubon Ratchathani, just hours before a fatal accident. An 11-year-old boy drove his parents' pickup truck into a group of monks conducting a pre-Buddhist Lent pilgrimage, with five monks killed at the scene on the Mukdahan-Don Talan road. The temple's Facebook post commemorated the monks' 20-day journey, which began at Wat Roi Phra Phutthaba Phumirom in Mueang Mukdahan and was scheduled to conclude in Nam Khun district, Ubon Ratchathani on July 20, 2025. The temple offered condolences for the loss of life and injuries, noting that surviving monks and villagers were taken to the temple for temporary shelter.
