Production on Midnight Rider, the biopic of rocker Gregg Allman, has been suspended in the wake of a crew-member fatality on a railway track last week.

According to Variety, the cast and crew have been told work is over for now, but they may be called back, and producers released a statement saying the film is "on hold".

Tragedy struck the set last Thursday when camera assistant Sarah Jones was killed after being hit by flying debris. A scene was being filmed on a railway track in Jesup, Georgia, when the unexpected passage of a train interrupted proceedings. According to Variety, the train hit a bed that had been placed on the track, and Jones was subsequently knocked under the train as the crew scrambled clear.

Confusion exists as to whether the film was given permission to shoot on the tracks by railroad operator CSX, with a sherriff's report stating "According to [a] CSX employee, the production company had previously been denied permission to film on the [railroad], and there was electronic correspondence to verify that fact." Cameras were running at the time of the incident, and Variety reports that they have been impounded as evidence.

Midnight Rider stars William Hurt as Allman, and is directed by Randall Miller. It is based on Allman's 2012 memoir My Cross to Bear.