By Arielle Mitropoulos

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EXETER, New Hampshire ( WMUR ) — A Plaistow woman was killed Monday afternoon when she was struck by a train in Exeter, police said.

Alicia Leonardi, 42, was walking with an ex, walking his dog, Jackson, along railroad tracks in a wooded area near the Newfields Road trestle, according to officials.

Police said an Amtrak train approached quickly around a corner behind them, and Jackson ran onto the tracks when he heard the train’s horn. The couple tried to get the dog off the tracks, but both people were struck by the train.

Leonardi was killed. The man with her suffered minor injuries, and the dog was not hurt, police said.

“She loved that dog, that dog was everything to her,” said Leonardi’s mother, Cathleen Collis.

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