Six people have died after a car crashed with an agricultural tricycle Sunday noon in northwest China's Gansu Province, local police said.

The head-on collision happened at about 12:40 p.m. on a section of a provincial-level road in Zhuoni County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Five people, including four from the car and one from the tricycle, were killed at the scene. Another one from the tricycle was injured.

The injured was rushed to a local hospital, but died Sunday evening after treatment failed.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.

Source: XINHUA