A man riding a scooter died after a truck carrying LPG cylinders hit him in Beleghata on Thursday morning, taking the road death count to eight in November, police said.

Raju Santra, 46, was moving in the same direction off CIT Road as that of the truck. He was hit as the truck tried to overtake him from the right. He lost his balance on impact and came under the wheels of the truck, the police said.

Santra, a resident of Nalini Sarkar Street, was declared dead at NRS hospital. The police said he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

“The truck fled after the accident. Officers of Beleghata traffic guard have traced the vehicle’s registration number; a search is on for it,” a traffic police officer said. “A case of causing death by negligence has been started against the driver.”