Overview
- Dayton police said a truck struck a hazard-lit escort vehicle trailing monks on the shoulder, pushing it into two walkers.
- The crash occurred Wednesday evening on US-90 near SH-99, prompting an emergency response at the scene.
- One monk suffered serious lower-body injuries and was flown by helicopter, and a second with minor injuries was taken by ambulance.
- Eastbound lanes of US-90 were shut in the area as authorities managed the scene.
- The Walk for Peace began Oct. 26 at Fort Worth’s Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center on a roughly 2,300-mile route to Washington, D.C.