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.

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

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