12 dead, 4 injured in road accident in China's Jilin

CHANGCHUN -- A road accident killed 12 people and injured four others in Northeast China's Jilin province on Wednesday morning.

After scratched by another car, a sedan crashed into a mini-truck, which then caught fire, at 5:30 am in the county of Qian'an, according to the county government.

Eleven people on board the mini-truck died. Five others, including four on the mini-truck, were injured. One of the injured died later despite medical efforts.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.