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Two Monks Hospitalized After Truck Pushes Car Into Peace Walk in Dayton

The injured were participants in a cross-country Walk for Peace pilgrimage from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C.

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.