NANNING - Four people died after a coach collided with a truck early Wednesday morning on an expressway in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, local police said.

The accident happened on the expressway between Nanning, capital city of Guangxi, and Guilin city when a coach carrying 55 people rear-ended a truck which was parked at the road side for reparation, according to Guangxi's traffic police department.

Two people died at the scene and two died in hospital, said the police, who are still checking the number of the injuries.