Two more people died Sunday evening from injuries after a bus accident in east China's Jiangxi Province, bringing the death toll from the accident to 10, the provincial work safety authorities said Monday.

Fifteen others who were injured in the accident are still in hospital for medical treatment.

The accident happened at around 6:12 p.m. Sunday when a bus with 32 aboard collided with a car with one aboard on a section of Ganyue expressway in Jishui county, killing eight people on the scene and injured 17 others.

Ganyue expressway links Heyuan city of south China's Guangdong Province with Ganzhou city of Jiangxi.

Cause of the accident is being investigated.