Cricketer Tom Maynard'a car was pulled over before he was hit by a train, according to the Metropolitan Police.

A spokesperson for the Met confirmed to the Huffington Post UK that a vehicle was "stopped a 4.15am on Monday after it had been seen driven erratically in Arthur Road, SW19".

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The male driver of the black Mercedes C250 then decamped on foot.

"Officers were unable to locate the man," said the spokesperson.

"At approx. 5.10am the body of a man fitting the same description was found on tracks near Wimbledon Park station."

The body of Maynard, 23, a rising star of he sport, was spotted by a driver on the District Line on Monday morning, though the precise circumstances of his death remain unclear.

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    File photo dated 9/5/2012 of Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard who has died after he was hit by a District Line train on the London Underground in the early hours of this morning, sources said.