BANGKOK: An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in north-eastern Thailand on Thurs-day, killing nine, officials said. A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 km northeast of the capital Bangkok, were on the pilgrimage. Five monks were killed at the site, while four others died at a hospital. Thirteen were hospitalised with three in critical condition, according to the provincial