At least 20 passengers sustained injuries when a state transport bus hit a roadside tree after its driver tried to dodge an approaching private bus in Maharashtra's Satara district on Thursday morning, police said, reported the PTI.

The accident occurred near Janugadewadi village on the Dhebewadi-Patan Road in Satara district, an official said.

A bus belonging to the Patan depot of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) was on its way to Dhebewadi when it met with the accident around 8 am, he said.