At least five people died after a container ship crashed into a bridge in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Thursday, causing several vehicles to fall into the water.

According to the local newspaper The Paper, the vehicles that fell into the water were a bus with a driver on board, a van with three people and an electric motorcycle with its driver.

The cargo ship was traveling from Nanhai district in Foshan to Nansha district in Guangzhou and collided with the Lixinsha Bridge while passing through the Hongqi Lushui Canal.