A 34-year-old man was killed while riding a bicycle in Huntsville early this morning.

Julius Smith was struck by a vehicle on Bob Wallace Avenue outside Papa Jack's gas station, said Madison County Deputy Coroner Tyler Berryhill. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. Police shut down Bob Wallace just west of Triana Boulevard while they worked the scene.

Lt. Michael Johnson said the vehicle was traveling east on Bob Wallace and struck the bicycle as it crossed the road heading north. He said the crash is being investigated as an accident.

Smith's cause of death was blunt force trauma, Berryhill said.

Further details haven't been released.

Update at 12:51 p.m. with the victim's ID.