20-year-old student dies after car skids into drain and overturns in Delhi's Vasant Kunj

New Delhi: A 20-year-old man was killed after the car he was driving allegedly skidded on a slippery road, plunged into a drain and overturned near the Nangal Dewat traffic signal in Delhi's Vasant Kunj, police said on Friday.

According to Delhi Police, a PCR call reporting the fatal accident was received at Vasant Kunj South Police Station on Thursday morning. When officers reached the spot, they found that the victim, identified as Yashvendra, had been driving a car with a female friend, a resident of Vasant Kunj, travelling in the front passenger seat.

Police said the two had stayed at a friend's house the previous night and were heading towards the woman's residence in the morning when the accident took place.

According to the preliminary inquiry and the statement of the co-passenger, Yashvendra allegedly lost control of the vehicle near the Nangal Dewat red light due to the slippery road surface. The car subsequently fell into a drain and overturned.

Yashvendra sustained injuries in the accident and later succumbed to them, police said.

The car involved in the accident belongs to the female co-passenger but was being driven by Yashvendra at the time of the incident, according to police.

Police said Yashvendra and the co-passenger were pursuing higher education at the same institution in the United States, where they had become friends.

Yashvendra is the son of an Indian Army Officer. The female co-passenger is a resident of Vasant Kunj. Her father is employed in the Cyber Security sector at a private firm in Okhla, while her mother is a homemaker.