Bantwal : A youth hailing from Nandavara near Panemangalore met a tragic end in a road mishap at Saudi Arabia.
The deceased youth is Mohammad Irshad (23), son of Abdul Hameed, a resident of near Nandavara School. Irshad who had left in a goods carrier vehicle on August 5 as part of his duty, had been missing since then. His mobile too was switched off . The family could not even contact the company for which he was working as it was closed for Ramzan. Finally when the company re-opened last Monday after Ramzan, there was information that there had been an accident wherein two vehicles collided head on killing drivers of both the vehicles.
The deceased Irshad was the eldest of the four sons of Abdul Hameed who too had worked in Gulf but is presently back in home town due to ill-health. Irshad had left overseas three and a half years ago and was working as a driver at Jeddah since one and a half years. He, it is learnt, was also planning to return hometown next month to attend the wedding of a close relative.
Family sources said arrangements are being made to bring the body to hometown.