Witnesses made at least two attempts to get an Enfield woman off the tracks before she was hit and killed by a southbound Amtrak train engine Saturday morning, police tell The Spin.

Enfield Police Detective Randy White said Sherry Huntonn, 40, was standing up when the passenger train struck her.

Huntonn was allegedly drinking with other people when the people she was with heard the train coming and warned her to get up.

Friends assisted her but Huntonn sat back down on the tracks as the train continued to approach. As she got up to get out of the way she was struck and killed instantly, White said today.

Alcohol was found at the scene and an autopsy was being performed to determine her blood alcohol content, White said.

Huntonn, who is originally from New Hampshire, moved from place to place in Enfield, White said.

Family was expected to come to Enfield to claim the body.

The Spin first reported Saturday the collision occurred around 1 a.m. when the woman was sitting on the southbound tracks.

The engine pulling the Amtrak cars to Rocky Mount was probably going between 50 to 65 mph when the woman was struck, White told The Spin Saturday.