GURUGRAM, June 15 -- A 45-year-old hospital manager died after his motorcycle careened off a secluded stretch of the Faridabad-Gautam Budh Nagar road that abruptly gave way to a deep unmarked ditch late on Sunday night, police said.

Police said the victim, Atul Kumar Joshi, survived the crash that shattered his helmet, dragged his body into a sitting position against the ditch's dirt wall, but wasn't able to call for help. He and the motorcycle were spotted by local villagers on Monday morning.

Police said he was travelling from his Faridabad residence to Noida on Sunday night and appeared to have taken the route towards Manjhawali bridge built over the Yamuna in Faridabad. It is being speculated that an online map may have given this r...