Mangalore : A second year engineering student at St Joseph’s Engineering College in Mangalore lost his life after the car he was driving rammed against the compound wall of the Bal Bhavan compound near  Kadri Park on June 8, Saturday midnight.

The deceased is Ithihas Shetty (22), son of Srinivas Shetty from Kadri. According to reports, the youth along with his friends and the mother of one of his friends,was on way to Bejai from Nanthur  when the mishap took place. Reportedly they were returning after a late night party and the mishap took place at around 12.40 midnight.

A woman, a mother of one of the youth to whom the car belonged and who was also travelling in the car also has sustained injuries. It is said the deceased student was a talented athlete.

Kadri police have registered  a case.