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Thirteen were hospitalized with three in critical condition, according to the provincial administration.<\/p>\n<p>The group started the 260-kilometer (161-mile) walk to Ubon Ratchathani province about 30 minutes before the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Security camera footage shared by a local rescue group, Ruam Jai Mukdahan Rescue Association, shows the monks walking in a single line on the side of a road before the truck crashes into them.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3167\">A major Russian attack kills 20 in Kyiv as Ukrainian strikes disrupt Moscow\u2019s oil sector<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The boy is in custody and will be questioned when state child protection officers arrive, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the accident is under investigation, but police said the monks described seeing the vehicle swerving before it slid off the road and crashed into the group.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3165\">Vatican excommunicates schismatic bishops and priests, and warns their followers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3169\">Trump administration\u2019s $46 billion \u2018smart wall\u2019 races ahead on the US-Mexico border<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANGKOK | An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing nine, officials said. 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