has pulled out of his starring role in “
,” in which he was set to play musician Gregg Allman.
Production on “Midnight Rider” was halted after second camera assistant Sarah Jones was killed in a Feb. 20 train accident in Georgia.
Hurt had come on board the project in early January. He was on the bridge where the crew was filming a dream sequence involving a hospital bed on the tracks.
Jones was killed and seven others were injured when a train unexpectedly came down the tracks as the crew was at the bridge trestle during shooting the sequence, being shot in a rural area near Jesup, Ga.
Recent reports that Director Randall Miller and his production company Unclaimed Freight were looking to re-start pre-production in Los Angeles have led to
called “I REFUSE to work on Midnight Rider! For Sarah!!!”
Wayne County Sheriff John Carter
that his office will not pursue their own criminal charges stemming from the accident. Carter said his office planned to lay out the case to the district attorney in Georgia’s Brunswick Judicial Circuit this week.
Among the questions is whether any type of criminal charges will be filed, such as trespassing or negligence.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board also are conducting investigations into the incident, as are attorneys representing Jones’ family with the possibility of filing a civil complaint.
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