JINAN, Jan. 4 -- Three people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident on Saturday morning in east China's Shandong Province, sources with Jinan government said.

The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. when a large goods vehicle collided with a motorized farm tricycle on a section of No.105 national road in the provincial capital of Jinan.

The injured are receiving treatment in hospital.

A further investigation is under way.