Monk killed as bus rams barriers on hilly road in Phetchabun

Highway 12 through Nam Nao National Park in Phetchabun province. Photo: Hdamm.
PHETCHABUN: A monk was killed and 13 others injured when a tour bus carrying almost 50 monks and novices rammed into concrete barriers on a hilly road in Wichian Buri district on Saturday.
The incident happened on the Nam Om hill on Highway 225 along the Nakhon Sawan-Chaiyaphum route in tambon Yang Sao around 7am, said police.
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Sunthorn Kongvarakhom
BANGKOK POST

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