Video shows terrifying seconds before Georgia film crew’s fatal run-in with freight train
Source: Raw Story
Miller directed his crew to set up and film on what he thought was an inactive track, straddling the rails of a trestle with a metal hospital bed. Minutes into the shoot, a train came over the rise.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/video-shows-terrifying-seconds-before-georgia-film-crews-fatal-run-in-with-freight-train/
Warning: Graphic Content
The video shows terrifying seconds before the accident, not the accident itself, but it is still disturbing.
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)Get off the tracks. Get off the bridge. Don't worry about the bed.
Midnight Rider Trial: Video Shows Horrifying Moments Before Train Crash
Nay
(12,051 posts)exact wrong thing.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)They were so close, too. Just fucking tragic.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)They just had to drop the bed and run.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)Any Dolt can see that the top of the rails are not rusted. Inactive my ass.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)It's clear from the condition of the track ( heavy, welded rail, well ballasted ) that it's a fairly well used mainline.
Just tragically stupid.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Sorry. What a bunch of idiots.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)I'm on a few of their listservs.
NTSB To Hold Forum on the Dangers of Railroad Trespassing
Contact Information
Office of Public Affairs
490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20594
Eric Weiss
(202) 314-6100
eric.weiss@ntsb.gov
March 11, 2015
WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum March 24-25 on the dangers of trespassing on the railroad right-of-way.
While railroad tracks have long held a cultural resonance with Americans, featured in motion pictures, TV shows, music videos and photography, they are private property. And they can be a deadly place. In 2013, 476 people were killed and 432 were injured in trespassing accidents, according to preliminary data from the Federal Railroad Administration.
The forum, Trains and Trespassing: Ending Tragic Encounters, will be chaired by NTSB Board Member Robert L. Sumwalt. It will feature speakers who have been seriously injured by trains; those whose communities have been affected; and railroad employee assistance program employees whose train crews have struck people on railroad property. The forum will draw on the expertise of railroads, regulators, and researchers, among others, to review the diversity of trespassing accidents and incidents and look at current and future prevention strategies.
The forum will be held at the NTSB's Board Room and Conference Center, located at 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. However, on March 25, the forum will include a tour of Norfolk Southerns safety train at Union Station.
More information about the forum can be found here: http://www.ntsb.gov/trespassing
The public can view the forum in person or by live webcast on the NTSB's website. As soon as they are available, an agenda and webcast details will be posted.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)Film Crew Trespassing on CSX Right-of-Way
Executive Summary
On February 20, 2014, about 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time, a crew of at least 12 people was filming a movie scene on a railroad bridge near Jesup, Georgia, when northbound CSX Transportation (CSX) freight train Q12519 approached. As the train passed the film crews location on the bridge, it struck a propa metal-framed bed. Debris from the prop struck some crewmembers on the bridge walkway. One film crewmember was killed, and six others with injuries were transported to local hospitals. The accident occurred in the CSX Nahunta Subdivision at milepost A543.7 on the railroad bridge across the Altamaha River.
At the time of the accident, the train was operating on a single main track, with 2 locomotives and 37 freight cars. The train was traveling about 56 mph, in a region of track having a maximum authorized speed of 70 mph. The sky was clear, and the temperature was 80°F.
Probable Cause
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the film crews unauthorized entry onto the CSX Transportation right-of-way at the Altamaha River bridge with personnel and equipment, despite CSX Transportations repeated denial of permission to access the railroad property. Contributing to the accident was the adjacent property owners actions to facilitate the film crews access to the right-of-way and bridge.