Four people were killed and another four were injured when a truck crashed with a minibus in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authority said on Monday.

The accident occurred at 2:43 p.m. on Sunday in a section of the NO. 111 National Highway when the truck sideslipped and collided with the minibus nearby. Four people in the minibus, including the driver surnamed Guo, died and another four were slightly injured, said a Chifeng municipal traffic police department official.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

(Xinhua News Agency August 11, 2008)