The death toll in Sunday's truck accident in southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to 13 and 55 others were injured, the local government said on Monday.

A truck stuffed with 71 villagers overturned at 8:20 AM Sunday in Kafang Town of Gejiu City in Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe, killing 11 people at the scene. Two others died later at the hospital, the publicity department of Gejiu City said.

Five passengers were seriously injured and were under emergency treatment at Gejiu Hospital and the No. 3 People's Hospital in Honghe.

The villagers were on their way to a market in Kafang Town, some 15 kilometers from their home village of Baohe.

A traffic police officer said the truck "overturned while trying to mount a pavement," but did not give details.

In another accident in Yunnan, six people died and five were injured on Sunday in a collision between a heavy truck and a three-wheeled vehicle carrying 10 passengers.

The accident occurred at 6:25 AM in Xipo Village, Chenggong County, when the truck was heading to Kunming, the provincial capital, said a spokesman from the Kunming public security bureau.

Four people died at the scene and two others died later in the hospital. Five people were still being treated, the spokesman said.

Investigations into the accidents are underway.

(Xinhua News Agency June 4, 2007)