Body formed to probe Jhalakati road crash

A probe committee has been formed to investigate the reason behind the Tuesday’s road accident in Rajapur upazila that left eight people killed and 25 others injured.Sources at the deputy commencer’s office said the district administration formed the four-member committee, headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Saiful Islam, on Wednesday morning to investigate the accident. The committee was asked to submit its report within the next seven working days. The accident took place around 4:30pm on Tuesday when a Barisal-bound bus from Khulna skidded off the road and fell into the canal at Bishwasbari on the Barisal-Khulna highway, leaving eight people killed and 25 others injured. -UNB, Jhalakati