The incident took place near Choti Chhaegaon Makhan area of the state, when the bus carrying 38 passengers collided head-on with a truck on Khandwa-Indore road, the Press Trust of India quoted Khandwa Superintendent of police M. S. Sikarwar as saying.
Road accidents take place frequently in India with at least 110, 000 killed on the road each year in the country.