PERUMBAVOOR: A 35-year-old youth died after falling into a well while engrossed in a call to his wife. The dead is Maneesh (Manu) of Imuri in Perumbavoor. The incident happened at 9 pm on Friday.

His wife had gone home for a week. When there was no response from his side during the conversation, she informed the neighbors. She tried to call him many times, but there was no response. When the neighbors came in search of him, he was found lying in the well. He was a driver of the bus Yathras operating services on the Aluva-Kothamangalam route. He leaves behind his wife Kavithamol of Mazhuvannur and Ayilya.