Dhaka, April 20 -- As many as 407 people have died and 1,398 were injured in 399 road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr journeys.

Another 24 people were killed and 21 injured in 18 railway crashes. Two crashes on water routes left seven people injured and five dead.

A total of 438 people were killed and 1,424 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's road accident monitoring cell.

Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, secretary general of the association, presented the report at a press briefing at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Saturday. The report covered the 15 days from Apr 4 to Apr 28, around the Eid holidays.

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