Authorities with the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office released the identity on Monday of the man found on railroad tracks west of Merryville over the weekend.

According to Sheriff Mark Herford, the body of Derek Galloway of Merryville was located by deputies on the tracks the morning of Dec. 10, after a local train company contacted BPSO to report finding a body on the tracks near the state line.

Herford said Galloway appeared to have been struck by a train that had previously passed through the area.

“At this time, the investigation is still active and pending medical reports,” Herford said in a news release issued Monday.