ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Two teachers and four of their students were among the seven people who died in a truck crash in Jiyuan city, in the northwestern part of central China's Henan province, according to a source with local police on Tuesday.

　　The accident occurred when the brakes failed on an overloaded truck which smashed into a tricycle at 2:10 p.m. Monday on a section of downhill road near Kejing town, and then collided with a minibus, killing all seven on board. The dead were four students, two teachers and the driver.

　　The two drivers of the truck were injured, one seriously, and were in hospital, police said.

　　The dead teachers and students were on their way to participate in a poetry recitation contest in Jiyuan city. Enditem