YONGJING - One person was killed and three others are missing in the massive landslide that swept two vehicles into a river Tuesday afternoon in Northwest China's Gansu province.

On Thursday evening, rescuers said they had recovered and identified the body of the male driver of the mini-bus. The identities of two of the three missing have been confirmed as well.

The landslide swept at least two vehicles into the Yellow River at about 4:40 pm Tuesday in Yanguoxia township, Yongjing county.

The landslide displaced a mass of about 100,000 cubic meters of earth.

For two days, scores of rescuers and local police scoured the area in search of the missing, but the three missing people were not found. The rescue team said there was little chance for their survival.