Mangalore, November 13: A Mangalorean youth, who had met with a fatal road accident near Riyadh, the Capital City of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Friday evening, succumbed to the injuries in the wee hours of Saturday at a hospital.
The victim Isma'eel, aged 38, was driving a Diana car on a highway nearly 150 kms away from Riyadh, when a speeding truck collided with it at around 4:30pm Saudi time, his family sources said.
Victim's younger brother Is'haq, who is residing at Vamanjoor told 'Coastaldigest.com' that the family members came to know about the tragedy Friday night after a critically injured Isma'eel had been rushed to the hospital.
He said Isma'eel did not respond to any treatment and breathed his last at around 4:00 am on Saturday.
Ismaeel was the second son of Abul Khader, a resident of Amrit Nagar in Vamanjoor near here. He is survived by his wife, two children, parents, 5 brothers, 5 sisters and a large number of relatives. Before flying to Saud Arabia he was working as driver in a private bus in Mangalore.
Is'haq said Isma'eel, was always playing a leading role in all the family affairs for many years.
“He was very affectionate to the family members. He used to talk to his children over phone off and on. His son (5) recently joined school and daughter is only one year old”, said Is'haq.
Known as Puththu, Isma'eel had visited his family nearly a year ago, which was the second and final visit during his four years stay in Saudi Arabia.
A large number of his friends and some of the relatives have gathered at the hospital where the body have been kept.
Is'haq said that his brother-in-law, who is in Riyadh is consulting the Indian Embassy authorities for the dispatch of the body to India. However, he said, there is still uncertainty over the despatch process.
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