HEFEI - Six people were killed and anther four injured following a traffic accident on Wednesday in Anhui province, according to the city government information office.

The accident occurred at about 6 pm when two cars, each with five people aboard, collided head-on at the road juncture of the Binghu new area in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.

All the four injured have been hospitalized and were out of life danger, and further investigation is under way.