A man was killed Monday after an Amtrak train bound for Santa Barbara collided with his car on the outskirts of Moorpark.

The accident occurred about 10:20 a.m. at an unguarded private crossing on Los Angeles Avenue near Hitch Boulevard, just outside city limits.

Joseph Tillery, 36, of Ventura was driving across the tracks when the passenger train broadsided his pickup truck, the collision pushing the truck about 1,200 feet, said Capt. Cliff Williams of the California Highway Patrol.

A CHP officer working at the nearby truck weigh station heard the impact and reported it right away, Williams said.

Tillery was “conscious and breathing” when emergency personnel rescued him from the truck shortly after the accident, but he did not survive his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, said Bill Nash, spokesperson for the Ventura County Fire Department.

Tillery, a sales representative, reportedly was on his way to visit clients. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

Approximately 120 people were aboard the northbound Pacific Surfliner at the time of the accident. The train was going at about 70 miles per hour when it struck the pickup. None of the passengers was injured.

After the fatal crash, the train remained at the scene for more than three hours with most of the passengers still on board until a tow-truck crew pulled the mangled vehicle off the tracks.

Then the train headed back to Moorpark and passengers were transferred onto another train, Williams said.

As part of the investigation, authorities are putting together witness statements and physical evidence to determine what caused Tillery to not stop at the crossing, which is marked with stop signs.

The CHP’s preliminary findings indicate that the victim apparently slowed for the intersection, but he failed to come to a complete stop.

Williams said the accident underscores the importance of exercising safety when approaching an unguarded railroad crossing.

“All drivers should stop, look both ways and make sure they do not see a train coming before crossing,” he said.