Speeding Mercedes hits 3 Ambience Mall staffs in Vasant Kunj; 1 dead, driver held

Police officials added that the driver of the car has been identified and detained.

Updated on: Nov 30, 2025, 13:00:13 IST

By Jignasa Sinha

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New Delhi: A 29-year-old Karol Bagh resident was arrested after his speeding Mercedes crashed into a roadside pole, killing a 23-year-old man who was standing nearby and injuring his two friends near Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj early on Sunday.

A Mercedes car hit and injured three people in Vasant Kunj on early Sunday. As per Delhi police, the crash occurred at 2:33am near Ambience mall. (Representational Image) (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)

The driver, Shivam, had allegedly lost control due to a diversion and hit a pole on the roadside where the three people, who worked at a restaurant in Ambience Mall, were standing.

Police said that Shivam had borrowed his friend’s Mercedes to attend a wedding.

“He was returning home with his wife and elder brother after attending a wedding. As per preliminary inquiry, the vehicle lost balance due to a diversion, hitting a pole at an auto stand where the three victims were standing,” ,” a police officer said.

A police control room (PCR) received a call at 2.33 am about the accident at Nelson Mandela Marg.

Deputy commissioner of police (Southwest) Amit Goel said that the police found the damaged Mercedes, which was seized.

“There were three injured people aged around 25, 35 and 23. All of them worked at a restaurant in Ambience Mall. They were taken to a hospital where one of them, Rohit Singh, died during treatment. The other two injured persons are undergoing treatment,” Goel said.

Singh was a resident of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli. DCP Goel added that the driver has been apprehended and necessary legal action is being taken against him.

No First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged yet. Police said they are questioning the accused and trying to get statements from the other two injured.

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Jignasa Sinha
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.Read More

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