GUANGZHOU, Aug. 22 -- Seven people, including two children, were found dead on Friday in a car submerged in a railroad culvert in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, police said.

Police received phone calls around 9 a. m. and rushed for rescue, only to find the seven dead, said a police officer with the public security bureau of the Guangzhou City. Forensic tests showed they all died from drowning.

Police are investigating the case.