New Delhi, July 25 -- A 20-year-old son of an Indian Army officer pursuing higher education at a university in the United States (US) was killed after the car he was driving skidded on a slippery stretch near the Nangal Dewat red light in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj on Friday morning, plunged into a drain and overturned, police said.

Police identified the deceased as Yashvendra. His female friend, who owns the car and was seated in the front passenger seat, survived the crash.

Officers said that the duo studies in the same US-based educational institution. They had spent the previous night at a friend's house and were heading towards the woman's residence in Vasant Kunj on Friday morning when the accident took place, a police officer ...