Engineer Intentionally Derails Train near Hospital Ship

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A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The locomotive crashed through a series of barriers and fences before coming to rest more than 250 yards (228 meters) from the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release.

Nobody was hurt.

Eduardo Moreno, 44, was charged with one count of train wrecking, prosecutors said. It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.

Moreno admitted in two separate interviews with law enforcement that he intentionally derailed and crashed the train near the Mercy, according to the criminal complaint.

“You only get this chance once. The whole world is watching. I had to,” Moreno told police, according to prosecutors. “People don’t know what’s going on here. Now they will.”

Moreno said he was suspicious of the Mercy and believed it had an alternate purpose related to COVID-19 or a government takeover, an affidavit states. Moreno stated that he acted alone and had not pre-planned the attempted attack.

In an interview with FBI agents, Moreno stated that “he did it out of the desire to ‘wake people up,’” according to the affidavit.

“Moreno stated that he thought that the U.S.N.S. Mercy was suspicious and did not believe ‘the ship is what they say it’s for,'” the complaint said.

He was arrested by a California Highway Patrol officer who witnessed the crash and captured Moreno as he fled the scene. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Port of Los Angeles Police are now leading the investigation.

Just when you get used to living in a world with suicidal airline pilots (that still missing Malaysian airline), we get reminded that we also live in a world with tin hat wearing parnoid schzo railroad engineers.

I have feeling this is just the beginning.

Here’s one glaring difference for you, EzraS. There’s such a large subculture of Americans that don’t trust your government that it breeds extremists like this guy. Or the “it’s a hoax,” people. Etc. And that’s just one difference, of many, between Canada and he USA.

If Canada is so great, then why haven't they found a cure for CoViD-19, eh?

More specifically, why hasn't the Canadian who found the cure for autism found a cure for it?

More specifically, why hasn't the Canadian who found the cure for autism found a cure for it?

You're right, trolling trollers is a no no.

You're right, trolling trollers is a no no.

And so is getting you banned from the ~one social outlet you have. Or one of few; whatever, it’s the reason I’ve never reported your trolling posts to date. But there’s a limit to even my patience with you. Push it and find out.