ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. (KRQE) – A 15-year-old Isleta Pueblo teen is lucky to be alive after a Rail Runner train sped right over him as he slept on the tracks.

The incident happened a little before 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning earlier this month. The train was headed southbound at around 62 MPH, south of Isleta Village near where Tribal Road 40 crosses the tracks when the collision occurred.

On video provided by Rail Runner officials, you can see the teen boy curled up in a ball on the tracks. Watch Above.

“The engineer thought he was looking at a pile of debris,” said Augusta Meyers, a spokesperson for MRCOG, which runs the Rail Runner.

It may have been for the best that the engineer did not sound his horn to alert the sleeping teen, which could’ve put him in a worse position. Instead of hitting his body, the train mostly passed over him, clipping his arm. Isleta Pueblo Police tell KRQE News 13 that the boy only suffered a broken elbow.

“We’ve hit people who’ve been passed out on the track before and they’ve not lived to talk about it,” Meyers said. “This was a very unusual situation in which the train physically ran over this person and this person will live to talk about it.”

Rail Runner officials say the close call is another reminder to people to stay off the tracks.

“Within 25 feet of the center of that track is trespassing,” Meyers said. “We don’t want anybody not even on the track but certainly not even near the track.”

Tribal police are still investigating why the teen was sleeping on the tracks. They are waiting on toxicology tests to determine whether he had been drinking or was high at the time. If someone provided him alcohol they could face charges.

Tribal police don’t anticipate charges for the teen himself, although he was in fact trespassing.