Eleven people were killed and several injured on Sunday when two vehicles crashed in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian Authority official said.

Minister of Health Hani Abdin told Ma'an that 10 people died and five were injured when a service taxi collided with a private car at Bala junction east of Tulkarem. One of the injured people succumbed to his wounds later bringing the death toll to eleven.

Six of the victims' bodies were transferred to Thabet Thabet hospital and the injured were taken to al-Zakah hospital, both in Tulkarem.

Ambulances and civil defense crews arrived at the site to try and extract all the passengers, most of whom were from the Jenin town of Jaba.

Initial investigations show that the accident was caused when one of the vehicles tried to overtake another car, Abdin said.

The Ministry of Health is ready to offer medical assistance and treatment to all victims, he added.