10 people have been killed and at least 48 others injured in three separate pileups in the past two days in northeast China's Gansu Province and east China's Anhui Province, according to Xinhua News Agency reports.

In Gansu Province on Friday, a truck ran into an existing pileup involving two medium-sized buses and a minibus at about 2:35 PM in the Luohandong Section of the No.312 National Highway.

Six people died on the spot and another two died later in hospital. 23 people were injured.

In Anhui Province on Thursday, a collision involving at least five buses, minivans and a truck occurred at about 8:40 AM on an expressway in Bengbu City.

Two people were killed and eight injured.

It was reported that there was heavy fog at the time of the accident. There were a total of 11 accidents on the expressway on Thursday morning involving 36 vehicles.

Also reportedly due to heavy fog, a third pileup involving 16 vehicles on an expressway in Lujiang County at around 3:00 PM injured 17 more people.

(Xinhua News Agency, China.org.cn January 28, 2006)