Train fatality scene
Crime scene tape surrounds the area where the woman was struck. Courtesy OnScene.TV

A woman in her 50s died early Friday morning after being hit by a freight train in San Ysidro.

The San Diego Police Department confirmed that the unidentified woman was struck on the railroad tracks near Beyer Boulevard and Smythe Avenue.

An MTS trolley administrator called in the accident at 2:04 a.m., according to police.

No other information was immediately released. The accident remains under investigation.