Three traffic accidents took place from Tuesday evening to early Wednesday on the Hefei-Jiezidun expressway, east China's Anhui Province, killing seven and injuring four others.

The local police source said a heavy-duty truck turned over on the ice-covered expressway at about 11:00 PM Tuesday.

The truck then collided with a car and left two people killed on the spot and two others seriously injured and died later on the way to hospital.

When the police were dealing with the accident, a minibus from Wuhai to Zhenjiang collided with the car at around 2:00 AM Wednesday but only the driver of the bus was injured.

Another pileup occurred at 5:00 AM, killing three on the spot and injuring some others.

As of 11:00 AM, Wednesday the traffic resumed to normal and all the injured have been hospitalized, the local government source said.

(Xinhua News Agency March 2, 2006)