In the first incident yesterday, a brake failure caused a semi-trailer loaded with cement crashing into a car, a bus and a truck on an expressway in southern Fujian province, killing 11 and injuring 35 others, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The second accident happened in northern Hebei province, where a truck loaded with stones crashed into a village temple fair in Fuping county, killing six injuring 15 others.
Two more people died in hospital from their injuries.