PEABODY, Kan. — One person was killed when his car was hit by Amtrak’s Southwest Chief in Marion County early this morning.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says 67-year-old Steven Holdren was parked in his vehicle on the tracks with the lights off when the westbound train struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one on board the train was injured, but it did delay the westbound train for more than six hours. The train normally arrives in Hutchinson around 3:20 a.m. but did not get into the station until 9:30.

The accident happened around 2:45 a.m. three miles east of Peabody.