Camera assistant Sarah Jones tragically lost her life following the on-set accident in 2014.
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DirectorRandall Milleris looking back on the tragic 2014 on-set accident of his canceledGregg Allmanbiopic,Midnight Rider.
“We had a contract to be there.”
Director Randall Miller visits SiriusXM Studios in October 2013 in New York City.Credit:Robin Marchant/Getty
(CSX previously told sheriffs during the investigation that itnever granted the producers permissionto be on the tracks.)
We have no further comment and continue to extend our deepest sympathies to Sarah’s family."
Rayonier referred EW to the spinoff company RYAM for comment.
The late Sarah Jones as a camera assistant on set of ‘The Vampire Diaries’.Curtis Baker/The CW
But in the middle of a take, someone yelled “train!”
“then people started running” when they were told they would have 60 seconds to dump the tracks.
I don’t know how that happened but she was gone."
He speculated that Jones might have attempted to retrieve camera boxes and lost her balance.
Miller was also sentenced to 10 years of probation, which he completed last month.
“It’s the sorrow of my professional life and one of the great sorrows of my personal life.
It was simply impossible to imagine anything like that could happen.”
