India, June 10 -- Two men on a motorcycle were hit and killed by a tractor on the Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) Expressway in Noida Sector 63 on Monday when they halted on the road to check the route on phone, police said. The driver abandoned the tractor and fled but police are trying to track him down.

The victims were identified as Shubhash Kumar, 27, who lived in Chhajarsi, Noida, and his friend Krishan Kumar, 22, who lived in Bahrampur, Ghaziabad. Locals informed the police who rushed the two to a nearby hospital where they were declared brought dead.

"The accident occurred shortly after 9am when the two were going for a job interview. Both of them were wearing helmets and Shubhash was driving. They halted near the FNG roundabout...