Man killed after falling off scooter, hit by tractor-trailer

PEVELY, Mo. (AP) - A 54-year-old Missouri man was killed Friday evening after he was knocked off his scooter and struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 55 near Pevely.

A Missouri Highway Patrol report said Dante R. Trice of St. Louis was driving his 2014 Lance Cali Classic 50 scooter when a man driving a Chevrolet Cruze hit the back of the scooter, causing him to fall off.

A tractor-trailer then hit Trice, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Trice was pronounced dead at the scene.

The scooter has a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour, according to the manufacturer's website.