India, Aug. 22 -- A bike taxi operator and his passenger were killed after being run over by an 18-wheeled truck when its driver tried to avoid collision with a tractor on the Rajesh Pilot road near Ghata village in Sector 58 on Thursday evening, said police.

The incident took place between 4pm and 4.30pm. The deceased were identified as Masrul Ali, 26, Malda in West Bengal and Chandan Kumar, 33, of Bihar's Gaya district, residing in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Ali had booked the bike taxi in Delhi to reach Sector 59.

They were travelling towards the Ghata traffic signal from the Gurugram-Faridabad road, police said, adding that the stretch of the road was damaged.

According to the police, the duo was riding on the extreme left of the road whe...