India, March 6 -- A car driver and a senior citizen died on Tuesday and three others, including a 7-month-old, were injured in a head-on collision between their car and a state transport bus in Tamhini Ghat on the Pune Mangaon Highway. Police said the car was on the wrong side of the road near Kondekar village at the time of the accident.

The deceased are identified as, Sakhubai Tukaram Kangude, 65, and Manas Kumar Niranjan Sahu, 38, the driver. Rupali Manas Kumar Sahu, 28, Tarabai Balu Nalawade, 45, and seven-month-old Rama Manas Sahu, were injured.

The victims, residents of Shindewadi, Pune, were in a Maruti Swift, heading to Mangaon. The allegedly speeding car descended a slope in the Ghat when Manas lost control of it. "The driver a...