Mom Mourns Daughter Who Died Trying to Rescue Ex's Dog from Train Tracks: 'She Loved That Dog'

Loved ones are remembering a New Hampshire female who died aft she was deed by a train while trying to rescue a canine from nan tracks.

Alicia Leonardi, 42, was stepping pinch a man  — identified by loved ones arsenic her ex-boyfriend — and a canine on nan tracks connected Monday, June 2 erstwhile a train approached from a area down them, according to nan Exeter Police Department.

Police said Leonardi and nan man “attempted to get nan canine disconnected nan tracks" and were some struck by nan train. Leonardi suffered fatal injuries while nan antheral sustained insignificant injuries.

In an interview, mom Cathleen Collis described her precocious girl to ABC affiliate WMUR-TV arsenic “a very happy, smiling, bubbly girl."

The canine progressive successful nan incident, named Jackson, was unharmed successful nan crash, according to nan outlets.

"She loved that dog," Collis told NBC affiliate WBTS. "And it wasn't moreover her dog."

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Joe Gatley remembered his precocious relative arsenic a “very kindhearted person” pinch an infectious smile.

"She had a agleam personality, a awesome smile," Gatley continued. "It's reliable connected nan family. She'd locomotion successful nan room pinch a smile, and everybody smiled."

He later added, per WMUR, "Live each time to nan fullest because, you know, tomorrow's not -- there's nary guarantee.”

Police said an investigation into nan clang is ongoing.