A road accident in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Friday afternoon killed six people including two from the Republic of Korea, sources with the provincial foreign affairs office said Saturday.

 

The officials of the Republic of Korean have arrived in Harbin, the provincial capital, to deal with the aftermath of the accident.

 

The accident happened about 2:30 p.m. Friday in a road section of Fangzheng County in the province, where a Zhonghua brand car enroute from Harbin to Yilan collided head-on with another car.

 

A passenger bus following the Zhonghua car bumped into the rear of the car, and both vehicles caught fire.

 

Six passengers have been confirmed dead and another one injured in the accident. 

 

(Xinhua News Agency May 27, 2006)