Four people were killed and several others were slightly injured in a bus collision that occurred on Thursday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local police confirmed on Friday.

A passenger bus and a mini-bus collided at 3:20 p.m. Thursday on the Tengxian County section of the Nanning-Wuzhou highway, killing the mini-bus drive and three people aboard the mini-bus. Some passengers aboard the passenger bus were slightly injured, police said. Both vehicles were seriously damaged.

The collision held up traffic on the highway for two hours.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

(Xinhua News Agency February 3, 2006)