India, April 8 -- The Nashik district administration on Tuesday formed a five-member committee to conduct an in-depth probe into the cause of the accident in Dindori town last Friday night. Nine members of a family, including six children, died when the multi-utility vehicle they were travelling in fell into a 25-metre-deep roadside well filled with water that lacked a safety wall.

The panel, headed by Abhijit Kadam, the chief officer of Sinnar municipal council, will have to submit its report to the district collector, Ayush Prasad, within a week.

Vinod Jagtap, the design assistant for the Sinnar municipal council, is the panel's member secretary. The other three members are Ravindra Chavan, assistant director of the Nashik Town Planni...