A senior died when she was struck and killed by a train while on the tracks in Stoney Creek Friday night, police say.

Hamilton investigators were called in by CP Rail Police at around 11:20 p.m. that night. The woman was on the tracks just west of New Mountain Road when she was struck.

The Hamilton police reconstruction unit examined the scene, but was not able to determine why the woman was on the tracks.

There is no element of criminality connected with the woman's death, police say.

The train tracks reopened after the investigation early Saturday.