A man’s body was found Wednesday morning on the railroad tracks near Leake Avenue, and investigators believe he was hit by a train sometime earlier, New Orleans police said.

The victim’s body and his mangled bicycle were found around 9:30 a.m. on the tracks near Leake Avenue at Monroe Street in west Carrollton, said NOPD Officer Frank Robertson III. The victim is believed to have been hit earlier in the morning or overnight, but the exact time of the collision has yet to be determined, Robertson said.

If a passing train hit the man in the dark, its engineers may not have even realized what happened at the time, Robertson said.

“Especially if he was out there in the wee hours of the morning, they probably didn’t even notice,” Robertson said.

Men who identified themselves as railroad workers at the scene of the crash said they could not discuss the incident.