Sarah Jones 'Midnight Rider' Movie Death: William Hurt Talks Terrifying Train Accident

In the movie that would've been Midnight Rider, actor William Hurt portrayed Gregg Alman. The fate of the movie was sealed after the tragic death of camera assistant Sarah Jones on the set of the project, during a scene that took place on train tracks. Minutes before a train crashed through the film set and killed Jones, Hurt was filmed lying down on the tracks for a dream sequence from director Randall Miller. This week, the star of AMC's new TV series Humans reflected on the terrifying incident. Read more on this news below.

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We previously reported on this news, confirming that Miller had received a sentence of two years in jail for the death of Jones. We never heard from Hurt though, who was the biggest name on the project. Speaking to Global News Canada, Hurt recalled the incident in question with plenty of detail (via FilmDrunk).

"I just had an unsettled feeling from the very time I got there," Hurt explained in a phone interview.

The actor explained that he asked assistant director Hillary Schwartz whether or not the cast and crew were safe to film this dangerous scene on the train tracks. He was assured and reassured, but was obviously proven right to ask when the train barreled through the set only minutes later.

"I was barefoot and I turned around, I twisted my head and I said, 'Someone's going to die now,'" Hurt described, going into some sad detail about the six injured crewmembers and the death of Jones.

He added: "It's the sorrow of my professional life and one of the great sorrows of my personal life. It was simply impossible to imagine anything like that could happen."

Check out the full recount from Hurt right here.

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