A road accident involving a truck and a motor tricycle in southwest China's Yunnan Province has claimed the lives of 10 people, the provincial public security department said Tuesday.

The accident occurred at 8:34 a.m. Monday in Lushui County when the truck loaded with lumber and the motor tricycle with 10 people on board collided head-on.

The motor tricycle then fell about 320 meters off the cliff, killing the six men and four women on board. The vehicle was destroyed.

(Xinhua News Agency May 12, 2009)