Parents of ‘Midnight Rider’ Crew Member Sarah Jones Settle Wrongful Death Suit

— -- The parents of Sarah Jones, the 27-year-old camera assistant who was killed in a train accident on the Georgia set of "Midnight Rider," announced today they have reached a settlement with several defendants in the wrongful death suit they filed against the film’s producers and corporations who own the railroad tracks where the accident took place.

According to a statement from the Jones' family, the terms of the settlement are confidential but the defendants in the settlement include veteran filmmaker Randall Miller, who was writing, producing and directing "Midnight Rider," and was also shooting a full scene at the train trestle when the accident happened, witnesses told "20/20." Other defendants named in the settlement included Miller’s wife and producer Jody Savin, the film's location manager, Charley Baxter, and other producers.

However, CSX Transportation, Meddin Studios LLC and executive producer Jeffrey N. Gant of Meddin Studios remain in the civil suit, according to the family’s statement.

“Richard and Elizabeth Jones’ objectives in filing this lawsuit, after the death of their 27-year-old daughter, Sarah, have been clear and unwavering,” Jones family attorney Jeff Harris told ABC News in a statement today. “To find out what happened on the day of their daughter’s death, determine who was responsible, hold those who made bad decisions accountable and ensure this kind of tragedy never happens again on another film set. Today, we are another step closer to fully achieving those objectives.”

Sarah Jones was one of more than a dozen movie crew and cast members, including Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt, who walked onto an active train trestle high above a Georgia river in February. With the crew was a metal-framed hospital bed, a prop for filming a dream sequence for “Midnight Rider,” a film based on the life of rock star Gregg Allman.

Jones, who had worked multiple seasons on the show "Vampire Diaries" before taking the job on "Midnight Rider," was in charge of wrangling the camera gear.

While Jones and the rest of the crew were preparing to start filming, witnesses told "20/20" two trains passed by. After the second train, the crew moved out on the bridge to place a hospital bed and the camera on the train trestle.

The owner of the land adjacent to the bridge had allegedly given the production crew permission to be there and had also reportedly told them that only two trains would use the track that day.

There were no railroad officials or medical help present on set, witnesses told "20/20," nor was the film's location manager, Charley Baxter. He hadn't been able to obtain permission from the railroad to film on the trestle bridge. Baxter emailed the railroad's refusal to producers just before 11 a.m. that day.

Moments after the crew was in position and filming began, CSX train Q12519 with two locomotives and 37 freight cars came barreling down the track at an estimated 57 miles per hour, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report on their website.

Eyewitnesses told “20/20” that the cast and crew had to run along a narrow pathway toward the oncoming train to escape. The train struck the hospital bed, and killed Jones. Six other crew members were injured in the accident.

Miller and three other members of the "Midnight Rider" team were charged with involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing. They are expected to go to trial in March.

Miller and his wife, producer Jody Savin, did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.

On Oct. 31, 2014, attorneys for Miller and Savin issued a statement to "20/20" that said, in part, "Randall Miller and Jody Savin have intense sorrow and regret over the tragic incident that occurred on February 20, 2014, causing the death of Sarah Jones... they believed there was no danger present in filming on the tracks that day because they believed they had permission to be on the tracks from Rayonier and CSX... They had no reason to believe that anyone would be placed in danger... They care deeply for their film crew and the actors working on their films. They will live with the sorrow of Sarah's death for the rest of their lives." Read their full statement at the end of this story.

Attorney Jeff Harris filed the wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Jones' parents in May, which alleged that the film site was “unreasonably dangerous," accusing rock star Gregg Allman and the producers of the film of overlooking "minimum safety precautions" and shooting the scene without permission.