Boy crashes truck into Thai monks, killing eight

Five monks were killed at the site on Thursday while three others died in hospital, according to Mukdahan governor Worrayan Boonnarat. 

Fourteen others were hospitalised.

Police said the boy was in custody.

They said the cause of the accident was still under investigation, but they were told by the monks that they saw the vehicle losing balance before it slid off the road and crashed into the group.