Saturday, March 7, 2015

Allman filmmakers to stand trial in fatal Ga. train crash

FILE- In this May 12, 2014 file photo, film director Randall Miller, left, takes the witness stand during a hearing before Chatham County Superior Court, Judge John Morse in Savannah, Ga. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday, March 9, 2015, in the trial of Miller, his wife and business partner Jody Savin and executive producer Jay Sedrish. They have all pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing. Miller’s crew was filming a scene on a railroad bridge Feb. 20, 2014, when a freight train plowed into them at 55 mph. Sarah Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant, was killed and six others were injured. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Randall Miller had just begun shooting the Gregg Allman biographical movie "Midnight Rider" when the production turned into a nightmare — a freight train traveling 55 mph plowed into the director's crew on a Georgia railroad bridge, injuring six film workers and killing a young camera assistant.








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