Ghaziabad, June 11 -- A 34-year-old man died after losing control of his motorcycle when he hit a newly installed, unmarked speed-breaker in Ghaziabad's Rajendra Nagar Sector 2 last week, prompting his family to file a complaint with police alleging negligence on the part of municipal officials, police said on Wednesday.

The accident took place on the night of June 6. Ghaziabad municipal corporation (GMC) removed the speed-breaker within 24 hours after the incident, police said. Officials acknowledged that the structure had been constructed without signage, reflectors or road markings to alert commuters.

The victim, identified as Rahul, a resident of Bhopura in Ghaziabad originally from Delhi, worked on a contractual basis at Hindon Air...