A overloaded jeep fell into a ruptured ice-covered lake, leaving six people dead and one injured Sunday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province.

The tragedy occurred at about 4:30 p.m. when a jeep carrying seven people drove on a frozen lake surface of Jingyuetan Park, and suddenly fell from the surface intrigued by the ice rupture.

Six people were dead despite the rescuers' efforts and one was injured.

(Xinhua News Agency February 11, 2008)