Gurugram, Oct. 6 -- A 37-year-old delivery executive died after an exposed metal safety pipe on the Delhi-Jaipur highway pierced him following a crash near Signature Tower early Monday, police said.

The victim was identified as Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sultanpuri in Delhi who worked as a delivery executive in Gurugram and Delhi.

Police said Kumar was riding his motorcycle from Iffco Chowk towards Rajiv Chowk around 3am when the accident occurred.

According to investigators, Kumar was allegedly hit by an unidentified speeding vehicle, following which he fell on to the concrete crash barrier along the highway. The exposed end of a metal pipe fixed along the barrier pierced him, killing him on the spot.

A police officer said the hollow ...