Dhaka, April 9 -- As many as 322 people have died and 835 have been injured in 315 road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr journeys.

Another 20 people were killed and eight injured in 21 railway crashes. Four crashes on water routes left 10 people dead, one injured, and another missing.

A total of 352 people were killed and 835 injured in these accidents during the Eid holidays on the country's roads, railways and water routes, according to a report by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh (PWAB).

Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, secretary general of the association, presented the report at a press briefing at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday. The report covered the 15 days from Mar 24 to Apr 7, around the Eid holidays.

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