NEW DELHI, Oct. 23 -- Three friends on a motorcycle returning from Haryana after dinner died after their bike hit concrete barricades placed around an under-repair stretch of the Grand Trunk Road in Libaspur early Wednesday. Officials found that no reflectors had been installed at the repair site at the time of the crash.

Deputy commissioner of police (outer north) Hareshway Swami identified the deceased as Sumit Sharma (27), Mohit (26) and his cousin Anurag (23), all residents of Nangloi. The trio were returning home from Murthal after dinner. "None of them was wearing a helmet," he said.

The victims' families, however, blamed the authorities for failing to install reflectors to alert commuters and help them manage their speed at the s...