Police closed Northwest Sixth Street in downtown Corvallis for about two hours Thursday after a Corvallis man was struck and killed by a train.

The accident was reported by a passer-by shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Lt. Dan Duncan of the Corvallis Police Department said the Corvallis man, whose name and age have not been released, was killed by a 32-car freight train as it was heading north through downtown Corvallis.

The incident remains under investigation, but Duncan said investigators believe it was an accident.

“There is no crime,” Duncan said. “And there was no public safety issue.”

Corvallis police blocked off Sixth Street on either side of the Union Pacific railroad tracks between Harrison and Van Buren boulevards for about two hours while investigators examined the scene. The road was reopened to traffic at around 5:30 p.m.

The body initially was covered by a white cloth. After investigators arrived, they erected a privacy screen around the victim’s remains while they continued their work.