New Delhi, April 30 -- The death toll in a collision between a pick-up van and an SUV in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district has risen to 16, officials said on Thursday, after several injured victims succumbed during treatment.

"A very tragic incident occurred in Dhar. I was informed that 46 persons (mostly labourers) were travelling in a pickup vehicle. It overturned and caused an accident. We have received information about the deaths of 15 people. This is very unfortunate," Indore Divisional Commissioner Dr Sudam P Khade told reporters.

The accident took place on Wednesday night near the Chikliya crossing on the Indore-Ahmedabad National Highway when a van transporting labourers overturned and struck an oncoming SUV, officials noted. Whil...