Three people were killed and 12 others injured in a bus-truck collision on Saturday in central China's Anhui Province, local traffic police said Sunday.

The accident occurred during a jam in Susong County on a highway that links Anhui and Hubei provinces when a bus rear ended a truck, and then collided with another.

The bus driver and two passengers were killed on the spot. The injured are in stable condition, doctors said.

Initial investigation showed that improper braking of the bus should be blamed for the accident, traffic police said.

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

(Xinhua News Agency April 17, 2006)