India, June 16 -- A 45-year-old man died after falling into a ditch along with his motorcycle on Yamuna Road, an incomplete interstate road at the Haryana border near Faridabad's Manjhawali that abruptly ends in fields in Uttar Pradesh, and remained unattended for at least eight hours, police said on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Atul Kumar Joshi, a resident of the NIT-I area in Faridabad. Police said he worked as a manager at a private eye hospital in Noida.

According to police, Joshi was travelling from his Faridabad residence to Noida on Sunday night when he likely followed Yamuna Road, a route towards the Manjhawali bridge over the Yamuna. Investigators suspect he may have taken the route after checking a GPS-based map. The...