OPP officers work at the site of a crash involving a tour bus on Highway 401 West, near Prescott, Ont. on Monday, June 4, 2018. At least 24 people are in hospital, four with life-threatening injuries, after a bus crash in eastern Ontario, provincial police said Monday. (Photo: VCG)

A Chinese tourist was confirmed dead in the bus crash that happened in Canada on Monday, according to CCTV, China's state television.

Police confirmed at 1 am that one was killed in the bus crash, one urgently wounded and another three seriously wounded.

The tourists on the bus were mainly from Shanghai Municipality, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces in China.

Early reports said a bus carrying 37 Chinese tourists crashed on a highway leading to the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Monday, according to China's Xinhua News Agency.

The bus veered off highway 401 and crashed into a rock embankment near Prescott, Ontario, about 90 km south of Ottawa at around 3:30 pm (1930 GMT), according to local police.

First responders found the bus in a ditch alongside the highway and no other vehicle was involved, the source added.

At least two helicopters, an aircraft and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene, according to a source from Ornge Air Ambulance.

A spokesman from the Chinese Embassy said that the embassy is in contact with the relevant Canadian authorities to verify the situation.