A 20-year-old student pursuing higher education in the United States (US) died 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.Officers said the duo 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.The deceased was identified as Yashvendra, the son of an Indian Army officer. His female friend, who owned the car and was travelling with him, survived the crash.Police said the friend, who was travelling in the front passenger seat, was his classmate at a US-based educational institution. Officers said the duo 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.“Near the Nangal Dewat red light, while negotiating a sharp turn, the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle due to the slippery road surface. The car fell into a drain and overturned,” a police officer said.Yashvendra sustained grievous injuries and was taken for medical treatment, where he died during treatment, the officer said.In her statement to the police, the woman said the accident occurred after the vehicle skidded on the slippery road while taking the turn.Police said the car was registered in the woman’s name but was being driven by Yashvendra at the time of the accident. The woman’s father works in the cybersecurity sector at a private firm in Okhla, while her mother is a homemaker.A Police Control Room (PCR) call regarding the accident was received at the Vasant Kunj South police station on Friday morning. Police said a case was registered and a probe is underway.