The probe body formed to investigate Sunday’s Madaripur bus crash, which claimed the lives of 19 people, has identified overspeeding as the primary cause of the accident.

The bus that went off the Dhaka-Bhanga expressway and crashed killing 19 people yesterday should have been taken off the roads four months ago when the authorities suspended its permits following a fatal crash.

Seventeen of the 19 victims who were killed in the Madaripur bus accident were identified this afternoon.

The acting deputy director of the district family planning office in Gopalganj was one of 19 people killed after an Emad Paribahan bus fell into a ditch this morning in Madaripur's Shibchar upazila.

Madaripur district administration has formed a four-member committee to probe into today's Madaripur accident that left 19 people dead and 24 injured so far

At least 24 people were injured in the incident and are undergoing treatment at various hospitals.