Calgary police said Tuesday that a female pedestrian who was struck by a CTrain in the city’s southwest on Monday, has died in hospital.

It happened on Monday, July 27, shortly after 4 p.m. when police said the pedestrian walked into a prohibited area of the Shaganappi Point LRT Station, located on Bow Trail, just west of 26 Street Southwest.

Investigators said, as the CTrain approached the station from the east, the woman walked onto the tracks.

The train operator activated the emergency brakes and the train’s horn, but was unable to stop the train before it struck the pedestrian.

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Paramedics rushed the woman to hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Investigators said the speed of the train is not considered to be a factor, but impairment of the pedestrian is being investigated as a possible aggravating factor in the incident.