JUNCTION CITY, Ore. -- A woman lying along the railroad tracks in Junction City survived being struck by a train on Saturday.

Police say the unidentified woman suffered a deep laceration to the back of her head. She was in serious condition at a Springfield hospital.

The engineer of the Union Pacific freight train made an emergency stop but was unable to avoid hitting the woman, whose head appeared to be resting against the tracks.

Police said she did not respond to the train horn, and alcohol appears to be a factor.

She was described as a white female between 40 and 45 years old, 130 to 140 pounds and 5 feet 5 inches tall. She has brown eyes, brown hair and a small tattoo of the words "far out" on her left hand.