JEANNETTE, Pa. -- A Jeannette woman is dead because she was hit by a freight train while walking to get some more beer, officials said.

The Westmoreland County Coroner's Office said Julie Anne Colombin was walking along the railroad tracks near her home about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday when she was hit by the train. Her boyfriend told police that he and the 47-year-old woman had been drinking, and that Colombin went out to get more beer when the accident happened.

The engineer of the Norfolk Southern train told authorities he saw the woman walking on the edge of the railroad ties and blew his whistle to warn her, but that she didn't move and he couldn't stop in time. The woman died of multiple head injuries and other fractures.