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This is so incredibly strange that I feel the need to add a disclaimer. This is NOT an April Fool's Joke.
SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An engineer deliberately ran a train off the tracks at high speed near the Port of Los Angeles in an attempt to crash into and damage the USNS Mercy hospital ship, prosecutors say.
The Pacific Harbor Line train derailed Tuesday, running through the end of the track and crashing through barriers, finally coming to rest about 250 yards from the docked naval ship.
The suspect told investigators he wanted to bring attention to the government’s activities regarding COVID-19 and was suspicious of the hospital ship.
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors charged a locomotive engineer who worked at the Port of Los Angeles with intentionally derailing a train at full speed near the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy because of suspicions over its activities surrounding COVID-19, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Prosecutors claim Moreno ran the train off the tracks, and it crashed through a series of barriers before coming to rest more than 250 yards from the Mercy in an incident that was captured on video.
Very troubling. Was he an actual engineer for the railroad, or just managed to figure out how to make it go? I couldn't imagine a legit engineer not knowing there's no way in hell he could do anything that would come close to damaging that ship.
Very troubling. Was he an actual engineer for the railroad, or just managed to figure out how to make it go? I couldn't imagine a legit engineer not knowing there's no way in hell he could do anything that would come close to damaging that ship.
Apparently he was an actual engineer. It also appears that he might not be the smartest guy on the roster.
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors charged a locomotive engineer who worked at the Port of Los Angeles with intentionally derailing a train at full speed near the Navy hospital ship Mercy because of suspicions over its activities surrounding COVID-19, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Prosecutors charged a locomotive engineer who worked at the Port of Los Angeles with intentionally derailing a train at full speed near the US Navy Hospital Ship Mercy because of suspicions over it and activities surrounding COVID-19, according to a federal criminal complaint.
A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles targeted the hospital ship because he thought it was "suspicious" and wanted to "wake people up," federal prosecutors said.
A ship is one of the few things a train would lose a battle with. A couple hundred tons at 20mph would probably put a nasty dent in the side, and scratch the paint, but unless there were also explosives involved, that would be about it. I know what that ship is made of, and while not armor-plated, it would easily withstand a guy with a 200 ton hammer whacking it once. She is a converted supertanker.
Fun fact: Russians refer to their ships in the male gender.
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