Michael Hennen, 27, and Hannah Barnes, 19The 250-ton train was traveling between 38 and 44 miles per hour, gliding on tracks surrounded by trees as its light pierced darkness.
Near a crossing there was a slight flash as the train’s light reflected off something on the ground: two bodies, lying mostly on the left side of the track.
And then Michael Hennen and Hannah Barnes were gone.
On Friday, jurors twice watched a silent three-minute, 30-second video clip from the camera on a Norfolk Southern Railway train that struck Hennen and Barnes at 5:50 a.m. on Aug. 22, 2011.
Hannah Barnes’ mother, Lisa Barnes, filed a $25 million lawsuit against the Hennen Restaurant Group and the railway after her 19-year-old daughter’s death. The trial is being held in Hamilton County Circuit Court Judge Neil Thomas’ courtroom.