how many -- lynchburg, virginia -- how many actors have come out of lynchburg, virginia?oo. she's now my neighbor in l.a. we're like lynchburg girls stick together. it's crazy. >> jimmy: yeah, no way. >> yeah. >> jimmy: now that's fun. >> she came out of there. i don't know who else. but you got the two of us. >> jimmy: yeah, that's all you need. that's all you need. did you guys have the same acting teacher? >> we did, we had the same -- >> jimmy: are you kidding me? >> he came and visited us like last year and we all went out to dinner. >> jimmy: you just made that up. >> no we genuinely did. >> jimmy: oh, you did? >> yeah and she like played dolly in "hello dolly," i played like the girl in "a funny thing happened on the way to the forum." we talked about hour high school experiences -- >> jimmy: who was your teacher? >> mr. jim ackley and -- >> jimmy: jim ackley. he's gotta be like a a gazillionaire now. this is what he does, he's a a magician. he is great. >> he turns you into a star! >> jimmy: he turns you into a a superstar you'll be throwing kambucha in no time. [

abc's bazi kanani is in lynchburg, virginia, with more on this developing story. good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, paula. this area is popular with photographers and residents say occasionally thrill-seekers will hop a fence to climb out onto that railway bridge. it is hundreds of feet high. this morning, one young man is dead and a young woman hospitalized and through the night investigators have been working to find out how and why 21-year-olds john gregoire and victoria bridges were on the tracks when a freight train slammed into the pair. >> i just hit kids on a bridge, train emergency on a bridge over. >> reporter: the group of four to six people were high up on a train trestle spanning lynchburg, virginia's james river around 4:00 saturday afternoon. the norfolk southern crew saw three of them as the train approached. >> two of them on the south end of the bridge, one just a bystander, we hit one for sure. i'm not sure what happened to the other one. >> reporter: gregoire was pronounced dead on the scene when rescue workers arrived. bridges was

crossing over lynchburg, virginia's james river. tonight, a group of young adventures grieving.after their friends were struck by an on coming norfolk southern train saturday afternoon. >> we hit one for sure. i'm not sure what happened to the other, over. >> reporter: greg was killed instantly. and bridges air lifted to a nearby hospital. police investigating how and why they got on the bridge. but the area is popular with photographers with nature lovers. like greg, posting this photo on instagram one week ago, posing on the very same bridge where he lost his life. we have seen the terrifying train track accidents before. in july, these two women in indiana trying to outrun a freight train, surviving incredibly by laying down on the tracks. to get here in lunchburg, you have to ignore the warning signs and then climb over the 7 foot high barbed wire fence. despite the obvious risk, more than 400 people in the u.s. are killed each year trespassing on train tracks. the number of deaths up 25%. in the last year. and victoria bridges is recovering at home and possibly facing crimi

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they were with two other friends on the track hundreds of feet in the air, on the track spanning lynchburg virginia's james river, when the train approached, unable to stop. >> we hit one for sure. i'm not sure what happened to the other one, over. >> reporter: bridges' grandfather tells abc news that she survived by curling up into a ball and leaning off the side of the track. gregoire, just 21 years old, and an avid photographer, posted this picture just one week ago on the tracks where he lost his life, all of this despite the signs warning not to enter. and, it's a growing problem. since 2012, nearly 900 people have been injured or killed trespassing on tracks. >> we need an ambulance. 27-year-old camera assisted, sara jones died while filming the almond brothers memoir, "midnight rider." the train barreling through a trestle the film crew thought they could film on. >> i looked at my left leg. it was pretty much gone. >> reporter: mark shares his story. a shortcut across train tracks forever changed his life. he hopes his story will help put a stop to this dangerous trend. and gregoir