Jesup, Ga. — Jackie Johnson, the district attorney who led the prosecution in the “Midnight Rider” criminal case, said she hoped that they were prepared to show the extent to which the filmmakers knew that they did not have permission to be on the Csx railroad tracks and that their location was dangerous.
“I think it is easy to call this an accident; this was a very preventable tragedy,” she told reporters after the final defendant, the movie’s first assistant director Hillary Schwartz, was sentenced to 10 years’ probation.
“Had everything been done, had everyone been doing their job that day, and had there been communication, I think that this would not have happened in any industry, whether it is the railroad industry or even in my office. Somebody has got to be in charge, and somebody has got to make sure that everybody else is doing their job as they should.
“I think it is easy to call this an accident; this was a very preventable tragedy,” she told reporters after the final defendant, the movie’s first assistant director Hillary Schwartz, was sentenced to 10 years’ probation.
“Had everything been done, had everyone been doing their job that day, and had there been communication, I think that this would not have happened in any industry, whether it is the railroad industry or even in my office. Somebody has got to be in charge, and somebody has got to make sure that everybody else is doing their job as they should.
- 3/10/2015
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety - Film News
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