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Monk killed as bus rams barriers on hilly road

13 others hurt on bus carrying monks and novices to temple in Phetchabun

Rescue workers prepare to take injured monks to hospitals after a tour bus carrying 48 monks and novices and two laymen struck concrete barriers and overturned on a hill in Phetchabun on Saturday. (Photo: Sunthorn Kongvarakhom)

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.

On arriving at the scene, police and rescue workers found a tour bus with Ubon…

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