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At least 79 people are killed, including 19 children, and three others are injured when an overcrowded

2025 Herat road crash — At least 79 people are killed, including 19 children, and three others are injured when an overcrowded passenger bus carrying migrants deported from Iran veers off a road and colli

Published August 19, 2025· Updated October 28, 2026·1 min read

Context: 2025 Herat road crash.

At least 79 people are killed, including 19 children, and three others are injured when an overcrowded passenger bus carrying migrants deported from Iran veers off a road and collides with a motorcycle and a truck before catching fire in Guzara District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c336jj5xkvko (BBC News)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/20/afghanistan-bus-crash-iran/ ( The Washington Post )]

Event summary via Wikipedia Current Events (2025-08-19).