Capital Crescent is on the far left. (Photo by Mr.TinDC)

An 81-year-old man riding a recumbent bicycle was hit by a car and killed on the Capital Crescent Trail this morning, according to Montgomery County police.

Ned Gaylin, of Chevy Chase, was crossing in a marked crosswalk where the trail intersects with Little Falls Parkway in Bethesda, when he was struck by a Mercedes around 11:30 a.m.

Gaylin was transported to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver, identified as 78-year-old Nils Carl Axel Rudelius, was not injured.

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s collision reconstruction unit are investigating the collision.

Recumbent cyclist killed at road crossing ID’d as Ned Gaylin, 81 of Chevy Chase, Md. pic.twitter.com/A0bXgppu7L

— Scott Broom (@scottbroom) October 17, 2016