Camera captures 11-year-old boy driving a pickup truck in a serious accident involving a group of monks
Horrifying video captured the sickening moment monks on a pilgrimage walk were mowed down Thursday by an 11-year-old driving his dad’s pickup truck, killing eight of them.
Security footage shows about 35 monks walking in a single file along a roadway in Mukdahan in Thailand, initially with just a lone motorcycle passing on the quiet road.
Suddenly, an out-of-control truck barreled through the procession, launching the Buddhist holy men onto the hood before catapulting them through the air.
Surviving monks rushed toward the crash site, where five were killed at the scene and another three died later at a local hospital, according to Mukdahan Governor Worrayan Boonnarat.
Eight monks in Thailand were killed when an 11-year-old boy barreled his father’s pickup truck into the holy men.via REUTERS
Other footage showed robed bodies scattered across the roadway and the wrecked pickup truck nearby, its front end smashed in, hood ripped back and crumpled, and windshield completely gone.
The deadly Thursday morning crash also left 14 hospitalized, including four in critical condition.
The religious group had just set off on the ill-fated 161-mile trek to Ubon Ratchathani about 30 minutes before they were violently mowed down.Phu Manorom temple via AP
The religious group had just set off on the ill-fated 161-mile trek to Ubon Ratchathani about 30 minutes before they were violently mowed down.
The deadly crash left eight dead, including five that were killed at the scene and three that died in the hospital.Asia Pacific Press via ViralPress
The deadly Thursday morning crash also left 14 hospitalized, including four in critical condition.Asia Pacific Press via ViralPress
Monks told police they saw the vehicle swerving before it veered off the road and slammed into them.
The boy has since been taken into custody, where he will be questioned by child protection officers.
Monks told police they saw the vehicle swerving before it veered off the road and slammed into them.Ruamjai Mukdahan Rescue Foundation/AFP via Getty Images
The front of the heavily damaged gold pickup truck with its hood crumpled.Asia Pacific Press via ViralPress
The cause of the incident is still under investigation.