ELK RIVER — A teenager has died after being hit by a Northstar Commuter Rail train near Elk River.

Metro Transit spokesman Howie Padilla says it happened around 6 p.m. Sunday. A pedestrian was walking westbound with another person on the track bed when a train heading westbound hit the teenager.

The other person with the teenager who was hit escaped injury. Padilla says there’s no pedestrian or street crossing where he was hit.

Officials weren’t immediately sure why the two people were on the tracks.  The victim’s name hasn’t been released.