Six people were killed and another nine were injured in a road accident on Friday afternoon in Baoding city of north China's Hebei Province, the local public security bureau said on Saturday.
The accident happened around 1 p.m. Friday when a motor tricycle carrying 15 people rolled over in Fuping County. Motor tricycles are not allowed to carry passengers.
Five people died at the scene, one died on the way to the hospital, and the remaining nine injured people have been hospitalized.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident.