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Eleven-Year-Old Drives Pickup Into Pilgrimage, Killing Eight Monks in Mukdahan

An 11-year-old boy is in police custody after driving his parents' pickup into a group of monks on a pilgrimage in Mukdahan, killing eight and injuring at least 14.Surveillance footage shows the 35 monks walking in single file when the vehicle loses balance, veers off the road and strikes the procession; five monks die at the scene and three more succumb in hospital, officials say.Mukdahan Governor Worrayan Boonnarat and local police chief Pairoj Thaiphutsa say the truck is seized, Child Protection Services are assisting and investigators are examining how the boy obtained the vehicle while several injured remain in critical condition.
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