Chhindwara: Ten persons were killed and more than 20 injured in a collision between a bus returning from a public function attended by the chief minister and a pick-up vehicle in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara on Thursday evening, a senior police official said.

The incident took place near Simaria on Nagpur road, some 25 kilometres from district headquarters, Superintendent of Police Ajay Pandey told PTI.

"Six men, three women and a child were killed in the accident," Pandey said.

The bus was carrying more than 40 passengers at the time of the accident, Kotwali station house officer Ashish Kumar added.

The injured have been taken to the district hospital and other medical facilities in the vicinity in ambulances and other vehicles, officials said.

The SP, collector and other senior officials are at the district hospital, they added.

In a separate development, at least 13 people aboard a private bus were burnt to death and 22 injured in a blaze triggered following the vehicle's collision with a tipper here in Andhra Pradesh’s Markapuram district on Thursday.

The accident happened near Rayavaram village on the road leading to Podili when the bus rammed into the concrete chips-laden dumper truck, colliding with its fuel tank, which sparked a massive inferno.

"There were 41 people in the bus at the time of the accident and all the 13 deceased persons were burnt to death," Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha said.

According to her, the bus belonged to Harikrishna Travels and its owner hails from Kanigiri. She said the bus possessed license and insurance till December 2026.

The private bus was heading to Kaligiri in Nellore district from Jagtiyal in Telangana.