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Verdict in film suit: $11M
Parents sue in daughters death
Midnight Rider wreck
A train at the scene of the accident where Sarah Jones was killed during the filming of a Gregg Allman bio-pic, Midnight Rider. - photo by File photo
The plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit against CSX Transportation and others were awarded $11.2 million by jurors Monday in State Court at the Chatham County Courthouse. The railroad’s owner has announced it will appeal. Richard and Elizabeth Jones sued on behalf of their daughter Sarah Jones, who was killed during the filming of a Gregg Allman bio-pic, Midnight Rider, Feb. 20, 2014 when a train plowed through the film set on the Doctortown trestle in Wayne County.
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