Six people were killed and another seriously injured when a motor tricycle crashed into a truck in east China's Jiangxi province early on Monday morning, according to local authorities.

The accident occurred at 3:20 a.m. when the tricycle, carrying seven people, collided with a truck parking on the roadside of the No. 316 National Highway in Nanchang county in the capital city of Nanchang, the county's publicity department said.

Six of the seven people riding on the tricycle died at the scene, while the severely injured seventh person was rushed to a local hospital.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.