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• A member of a film crew struck by a freight train in southeast Georgia while making a movie about Gregg Allman sued the singer and the film's producers Wednesday, saying the accident left her with permanent injuries and post-traumatic stress. The lawsuit by hairstylist Joyce Gilliard, 43, of Summerville, S.C., is the second suit filed in Savannah against the Allman Brothers Band singer and the producers of Midnight Rider. A wrongful-death suit was filed last week by the parents of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant killed in the same accident. Both lawsuits say director Randall Miller and his assistants failed to get permission to film on a railroad bridge in rural Wayne County owned by CSX railroad but never told the crew as they placed a hospital bed on the tracks Feb. 20. A train crashed into the bed and killed Jones. Six others were hurt, including Gilliard. Her lawsuit doesn't describe her injuries, but Gilliard has previously said the train fractured her arm as it roared past. Gilliard is also suing wood-product company Rayonier, which owns the land adjacent to the railroad tracks, saying the company gave the film crew permission to shoot on its property and had a representative who wrongly told the crew only two trains crossed the trestle each day. Also named as a defendant is CSX. Gilliard's lawyers say the railroad knew the crew was in the area and should have taken precautions. An attorney for Allman, David Long-Daniels, did not immediately return an email message seeking comment. But Long-Daniels said last week that Allman, an executive producer on the film, had no role in location selection or in the physical shooting of the movie.

Bret Michaels ended a concert in New Hampshire after suffering a medical emergency. Guitarist Pete Evick said on Michaels' Facebook page that the former Poison frontman was three songs into his set in Manchester on Thursday when he rushed from the stage. A crew member said Michaels' blood sugar was extremely low. The singer was diagnosed with diabetes as a child. Evick said Michaels returned to the stage, telling fans he couldn't continue performing. Evick said that when he went to the band's bus to check on Michaels, "he could barely speak but begged me to apologize to the fans." On Twitter and Facebook, Michaels thanked paramedics who helped him. In 2009, the rocker was performing at the Tony Awards when he was hit in the head with a set piece. He suffered injuries that he claimed contributed to a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him.

A Section on 05/31/2014

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