New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- A horrifying tragedy took place in Telangana when a tipper lorry carrying gravel hit head-on with a public transport bus in Rangareddy district on Monday.

It claimed the lives of 20 people, critically injured three others, while 20 are undergoing treatment in the hospital, Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar confirmed to ANI.

The incident comes after 15 people were killed and two others were injured after a tempo-traveller coming from Rajasthan's Kolayat, Bikaner rammed into a parked trailer on the Bharat Mala Highway in Phalodi on Sunday.

The tipper collided with a Telangana Road Transport Corporation (RTC) vehicle near Chevella, causing gravel to fall onto the bus. The passengers of the bus were pulled ...