SONGKHLA: The abbot of a Buddhist temple and a nun were killed and another woman injured when a pickup they were travelling in crashed into the rear of a lorry parked by the roadside in Singha Nakhon district early on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred at about half past midnight on the Ranot - Songkhla road in tambon Khao Daeng.
The driver of the lorry told police he parked the vehicle on the roadside in front of a commercial.building in heavy rain, waiting to unload the cargo, with the hazard lights flashing.
About 20 minutes later, the lorry was hit in the rear by a Toyota Mighty X pickup. The violent impact left the pickup blocking the road, with the front section badly damaged.
Rescuers used hydraulic jacks to break open the front of the pickup and found a monk in the driver
