{"id":8421,"date":"2026-07-02T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/11-year-old-driver-crashes-into-group-of-monks-in-thailand-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:00:36","slug":"11-year-old-driver-crashes-into-group-of-monks-in-thailand-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/11-year-old-driver-crashes-into-group-of-monks-in-thailand-2\/","title":{"rendered":"11-Year-Old Driver Crashes Into Group of Monks in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An 11-year-old boy driving a pickup truck struck a group of 35 monks during a pilgrimage in Mukdahan province on Thursday, resulting in eight deaths and fourteen injuries.  <\/p>\n<h4>The Incident in Mukdahan<\/h4>\n<p>The tragedy occurred around midday on Thursday in the northeastern Thai province of Mukdahan, roughly 600 kilometers from Bangkok. A group of 35 monks had begun a pilgrimage to the Ubon Ratchathani region, a major center for Buddhism in Thailand, just an hour before the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The monks were walking in a single file along the roadside when a pickup truck, operated by an 11-year-old boy, veered off the road and plowed into them.<\/p>\n<h4>Casualties and Investigation<\/h4>\n<p>Five monks died at the scene, while three others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. Among the fourteen people injured, four remain in critical condition. Authorities are currently investigating the circumstances of the collision.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Associated Press, the monks reported seeing the vehicle suddenly swerve off the road. The boy is expected to be questioned by police. Unofficial reports from Khaosod English suggest the child took the vehicle without his parents&#8217; knowledge or permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 11-year-old boy driving a pickup truck struck a group of 35 monks during a pilgrimage in Mukdahan province on Thursday, resulting in eight deaths and fourteen injuries. The Incident in Mukdahan The tragedy occurred around midday on Thursday in the northeastern Thai province of Mukdahan, roughly 600 kilometers from Bangkok. A group of 35 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-and-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}