Seven people died and six were injured in two traffic accidents within three days in east China's Zhejiang Province, traffic police said Wednesday.

The most recent accident happened at around 1:13 PM Wednesday when a bus crashed into a construction site after a collision with a sedan in front on a highway between the provincial capital Hangzhou and Qiandao Lake, a scenic spot, leaving two construction workers dead and six injured.

Local police said the bus was exceeding the speed limit at the time of the accident.

The worst accident occurred at around 0:20 PM Monday when a sedan heading from Wenzhou to Dongyang city ran off the road into a bank in Pan'an County.

Two died at the scene and three others died later in hospital, according to local police.

Traffic police are still investigating the causes of two accidents.

(Xinhua News Agecny May 4, 2006)