Seventy-six people were killed in a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants just deported by Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said Wednesday.

A bus crash in Afghanistan has killed at least 75 people — including 17 children — who were being sent back from nearby Iran, a local official said.

A bus carrying Afghans recently deported from Iran crashed and burst into flames Tuesday, killing dozens of men, women and children.

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan killed at least 79 people returning from Iran, including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told The Associated Press.

At least 75 people, including 17 children, were killed in a traffic accident involving a bus carrying Afghan migrants who were deported from Iran in western Afghanistan. A senior Afghan military commander said the bus caught fire after colling with a truck that was carrying oil barrels.