Infographic: Fatal accident on movie set
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During filming of the movie “Midnight Rider” near Jesup, Ga., in February 2014, a train struck a bed that had been placed on the tracks. In the collision, assistant camera operator Sarah Jones, 27, was killed and other crew members were injured.

Bed on tracks
Film crew members
Film crew members
Bed on tracks
4:29:12
Time: 4:29:11
Shots from video taken from train
Bed
Train direction
Approximate position of film crew members
closest to the track.
Savannah
Ludowici
Jesup
GA.
Note: Positions of bed and crew members are approximate and based on video footage. Source: Times reporting. Graphics reporting by Richard Verrier
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