Six people have died, including a child, and 21 others have been injured in a traffic accident on the No. 301 National Highway in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Monday afternoon.

Police said that a bus and a truck collided head-on, killing three on the spot. The other three died in the hospital.

All the injured, including four who are severely wounded, are still being treated.

(Xinhua News Agency August 22, 2005)