Mom Mourns Daughter Who Died Trying to Rescue Dog from Train Tracks

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Alicia Leonardi, a 42-year-old woman who was hit and killed by a train in New Hampshire on June 2, is being remembered by her family

The New Hampshire woman was trying to get her ex-boyfriend's dog off of the train tracks and they were both struck, although only she died of her injuries

"She loved that dog," said mom Cathleen Collis

Loved ones are remembering a New Hampshire woman who died after she was hit by a train while trying to rescue a dog from the tracks.

Alicia Leonardi, 42, was walking with a man — identified by loved ones as her ex-boyfriend — and a dog along the tracks on Monday, June 2 when a train approached from a corner behind them, according to the Exeter Police Department .

Police said Leonardi and the man “attempted to get the dog off the tracks" an