A six-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the accident which occurred after a microbus carrying a wedding party plunged into a canal after a bridge collapsed in Amtali, Barguna, resulting in nine people killed.
The committee was formed on Saturday with the Barguna Additional Deputy Commissioner PIjus Chandra de as the convener and the Amtali Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Ashraful Alamas the member secretary.
Barguna Deputy Commissioner Md Rafiqul Islam said: "A six-member investigation committee has been formed. The committee will conduct an on-site investigation and submit a report within seven days."
On Saturday, nine people, including three children, were killed in a road accident after a microbus carrying a wedding party plunged into a canal after a bridge collapsed in Amtali, Barguna.
9 killed as microbus carrying wedding party falls into canal in BargunaThe bride’s family and relatives travelled in a microbus and an auto-rickshaw to the groom’s house around 1:30pm. As the vehicles crossed the Haldiya Bridge, the central portion of the bridge collapsed, causing the vehicles to plunge into the river. The passengers in the auto-rickshaw managed to swim to safety, but those in the microbus drowned.
A total of nine bodies, including six women and three children, recovered.
Eyewitnesses said that as soon as the microbus and auto-rickshaw reached the middle of the bridge, it collapsed with a thud, causing the vehicles to fall into the river. They immediately tried to rescue the victims with the help of locals.
Later, the fire service and police joined the rescue operation.
