A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security patrol car before both fell into the sea early Monday, killing the two people in the car, authorities said.

Two airport security personnel were killed after their vehicle was pushed into the sea by a cargo plane at Hong Kong International Airport in the early hours of Monday.

Two airport ground staff members, men aged 30 and 41, were killed in the incident after the vehicle they were in fell into the sea, according to reports by local media, citing police.