Trial of Midnight Rider: Railroaded In The Deep South

The mill's manager watched the shoot from a golf cart nearby, confirmed after the accident by two independent witnesses, one of whom observed him fleeing the scene of the crime. Oddly, law enforcement never takes the manager's statement, or indeed a statement from the train's crew.

The film company never hid its intention to shoot on the railroad tracks. The pulp mill's representative even accompanied members of the film crew onto the trestle bridge to check the location's suitability, which she denied.

A camera assistant lies dead beside the railroad tracks and everyone runs for cover. The train engineer never applied the brakes, the location manager lies about obtaining permission to be on the tracks, and the representative from the pulp mill is also caught in a web of untruths.