One person was killed and 25 others were injured after a car hit a bus on the Pune-Ahmednagar highway near here, police said.

The accident took place late Sunday night near Shikrapur when the private bus was on its way to Ahmednagar. The car driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the vehicle jumped the road divider and came into the opposite lane on the highway, an official from Shikrapur police station said.