India, Sept. 7 -- A 25-year-old man died while his 34-year-old friend escaped with injuries, after the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree after hitting a divider in Ghaziabad's Tronica City, police said on Sunday.

Police identified the victim as Manish Kushwaha, a resident of Pooja Colony who worked at a private firm in Old Delhi's Chandni Chowk, and the injured as his friend, who also resides in Tronica City.

A preliminary investigation found that in the morning the friend had allegedly arrived at Kushwaha's house after borrowing another friend's Maruti Suzuki Swift for a joyride, said officials.

"In the afternoon, when the two were roaming around the city, Kushwaha (who was a learner driver), asked the 34-year-old that h...