India, Jan. 20 -- Four people were killed and 16 others injured on Tuesday after a bus returning from a pilgrimage collided head-on with a trailer truck on the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer highway, police said.

The accident occurred at around 4.30 pm near the Mulanada royalty checkpoint in Keru village, news agency PTI reported.

The bus, carrying 20 passengers, was returning from the shrine of Baba Ramdev in Ramdeora, Jaisalmer district. All passengers were residents of Ramana Rupan village in Gujarat's Aravalli district, the police said.

The injured passengers were rushed to MDM Hospital for treatment.

The bodies have been kept in the mortuary and will be handed to the family members, the police said.

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