Presenter Baz Ashmawy tells of tragic death of son's friend on holiday

"It was such a shock because I think, especially any lad will tell you when you're that age, your best friend is even closer than a family member"

TV presenter Baz Ashmawy has opened up about the tragic death of his son's friend.

Baz's step-son Harry, 21, was away with two friends when they were involved in an an accident in which one of the youngsters died.

The 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy star and his partner Tanja got a shocking call in the early hours informing them of the terrible tragedy.

He revealed: "I got a call at like 4am, Tanja has a little bat phone, an emergency phone, a little old Nokia.

"This thing never rings and it rang and we answered it and the eldest lad was kind of in hysterics.

"I was trying to work out what had happened, I could get bits of it.

"But anyway there'd been an accident with him and his friends. Two of them had been run over and one of them had died, his best friend you know."

Baz shares two children with his partner Tanja Evans, Hanna, 10 and Mahy, seven and Tanja has four other children from a previous relationship Harry, Amelia, Charlotte and Jake.

Baz told Sile Seoige's Ready to be Real podcast:"It was such a shock because I think, especially any lad will tell you when you're that age, your best friend is even closer than a family member.

"Because you're that age and everything is eternal when you're 21. You know he's only a young fella.

"Seeing him come back and... have that absolute dread at the funeral and things like that where your heart is just broken.

"It's your worst nightmare. The boy, Josh, was such a lovely lad, we were incredibly fond of him."

Baz added that the young man had a "promising future."

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He also revealed how two of the boys had decided to walk instead of taking a cab home that night which possibly would've changed the outcome.

 "It was just your worst nightmare but then in the back of your head you're like 'God it's sliding doors moments'.

"They all came out of the same bar, at the same time, a couple of them jumped in one cab and then these other two just didn't and that's what happened."