JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police have identified a man who was killed by an Amtrak train on Thursday while riding a bicycle at around 7:25 p.m.

Sean Christopher Pearson, 31, was riding a bicycle near train tracks at 6800 Trout River Boulevard.

Pearson was struck by the train and was located nearby, according to a release from Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Shannon Hartley.

Pearson was pronounced dead at the scene, Hartley said. The death was ruled as accidental.

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