If you aren’t familiar with the incident, crew members for the film Midnight Rider were set up on a railroad trestle near Jessup, Georgia when a train arrived unexpectedly, crossing the bridge. In addition to the loss of 27-year-old Union 2nd AC Sarah Jones, seven other crew members were injured, some seriously. More and more details have surfaced in the last week, which seem to indicate that the those in charge of production did not have the proper permits to be on the tracks when they asked the crew to set up there.
It also looks like no representatives were present from CSX, the railroad company who operates on the tracks, which would be another lapse in safety for the crew shooting the film.
Shooting for Midnight Rider has been suspended indefinitely, but support for Sarah and crew safety is only getting stronger.