Woman killed by train while trying to save dog from New Hampshire tracks: Police
EXETER, N.H. (WJW) – A woman was killed while trying to save a dog from train tracks in New Hampshire earlier this week, law enforcement said.
According to the Exeter Police Department, officers and emergency crews responded to a wooded area near Newfields Road in the town of Exeter on Monday afternoon. Train officials told police that there was a crash involving pedestrians.
Through the investigation, police learned that two people were walking by the tracks and when an Amtrak train started approaching from around a corner, the dog, which was unleashed, ran onto the tracks.
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They both tried to rescue the dog but were struck by the train, Exeter police said.
The woman, identified as 42-year-old Alicia Leonardi, died from her injuries. The other pedestrian, a man, suffered minor injuries in the accident, investigators said.
The accident remains under investigation at this time.
'Our sincere condolences go out to the family and friends of Ms. Leonardi,' the police department wrote on Facebook.
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New Hampshire-based news station WMUR-TV spoke with the victim's mother, Cathleen Collis, who said, 'she loved that dog. That dog was everything to her.'
According to People and other news outlets, the dog, named Jackson, wasn't injured in the crash.
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