Six people have been injured in a collision between a truck and a minibus on a section of Castle Peak Road near Yuen Long in Hong Kong.

Police said they were alerted at 4.27pm on Thursday to the traffic accident involving a 24-tonne truck and a green-topped minibus on the Yuen Long-bound lane of Castle Peak Road-Tam Mi.

Six people suffered neck injuries, police said, adding that they would be sent to Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen Long for treatment.