Photo taken on July 15, 2009 shows the collapsed ramp bridge on Jinjin Expressway in Tianjin, north China. The accident occurred on early Wednesday morning, when the ramp bridge on the expressway from Tianjin to Shanxi Province suddenly collapsed and five vans crashed, causing six people dead and four others injured. The investigation of the accident was underway. (Xinhua/Wang Xinan)

Six people were confirmed dead and four others were injured when a ramp bridge linking to a north China expressway collapsed early Wednesday, the local government said.

Photo taken on July 15, 2009 shows the site of the collapsed ramp bridge on the Jinjin Expressway in Tianjin, north China. The accident occurred on early Wednesday morning when the ramp bridge on the expressway from Tianjin to Shanxi Province suddenly collapsed and five vans crashed, causing six people dead and four others injured. The investigation of the accident was underway. (Xinhua/Wang Xinan)

Five trucks fell off the ramp bridge, about 800 meters from a toll station near Tianjin port, when the accident happened at 1:33 a.m, a city government spokesman said. He did not identify the victims.

Rescuers clean up the site of the collapsed ramp bridge on the Jinjin Expressway in Tianjin, north China. The accident occurred on early Wednesday morning, when the ramp bridge on the expressway from Tianjin to Shanxi Province suddenly collapsed and five vans crashed, causing six people dead and four others injured. The investigation of the accident was underway.(Xinhua/Wang Xinan)