Balishankara: A scooterist was killed after a cargo-laden truck hit the two-wheeler from the rear near Balishankara block office under Talsara police limits in Sundargarh district Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rajesh Kindo, 50, of Babudihi, Minjpada village. Police said a speeding cargo-laden truck rammed the scooter from the rear on the village road and dragged it for some distance, crushing the rider under its wheels. “Rajesh was riding a scooter (OD-16 P-3222) when the truck (RJ-02 GC-5285), traveling from Sundargarh towards Balishankara en route to Rajasthan, hit his two-wheeler from behind,” police said. Police reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it to the Sundargarh district headquarters hospital for postmortem.