Man knocked off scooter, struck by tractor-trailer

A 54-year-old man was killed after he was knocked off his 1-cylinder scooter and struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 55 near Pevely, Missouri south of St. Louis.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Dante R. Trice of St. Louis was driving his 2014 Lance Cali Classic 50 scooter Friday evening 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 reports Trice was pronounced dead at the scene.