New Video Shows Moments Before Sarah Jones Was Killed on ‘Midnight Rider’ Set

Crewmembers can be seen running for their lives in newly released footage


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ABC News and “20/20” released new video on Friday from the CSX locomotive train that ran through the set of the film “Midnight Rider,” killing camera assistant Sarah Jones.

The footage from the final moments before Jones’ death shows crewmembers trying to run off the tracks as the train speeds towards them. Stars of the Gregg Allman biopic, William Hurt and Wyatt Russell, can also be seen narrowly escaping being struck.

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“20/20” slowed down the video to point out a hospital bed that wasn’t moved off the train tracks in time before the locomotive struck it.

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