LONDON, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Five people have been killed and five others were injured as a minibus collided with a car on a road in Scotland, Sky News reported on Friday.

The accident took place on the A96 between Huntly and Keith in Moray in Scotland just before midnight, Sky News quoted Police Scotland as saying. Casualties have been taken to various local hospitals.

Police had to closed the road as the vehicles were being removed.

An investigation into the accident has been carried out, and local police were looking for witnesses.