A Daleville man was killed when a train struck a tractor-trailer Friday in Big Island in Bedford County, according to a Virginia State Police report.

Thirty-nine-year-old Alberto Zaldivar Columbie was the operator of the tractor-trailer that was struck on the railroad tracks on Georgia Pacific plant property.

Virginia State Police Senior Trooper T.C. Fairburn is investigating the crash that occurred Friday, Sept. 14 at 7:16 p.m. on Riverside Circle, which is a private drive.

According to the State Police report, a 2012 Freightliner tractor-trailer was improperly parked on the railroad tracks when the train approached. The driver, who was not in the tractor-trailer as the train approached, entered the vehicle and attempted to move the truck out of the path of the approaching train. The driver then determined there was not enough time to complete the task and jumped from the vehicle as the train struck the passenger side, trapping him under the vehicle. He died at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.