联邦特工于周二逮捕加利福尼亚一名火车工程师，因为他被指控操纵脱轨的火车想要撞击美国海军医疗船。
Investigators¹ arrested a California train engineer Tuesday after he allegedly derailed a train in a bid to crash into the USNS Mercy, the hospital ship treating non-COVID-19 patients at the Port of Los Angeles to lessen² the burden on area hospitals, prosecutors³ said.

 

Eduardo Moreno, 44, was expected to appear in court Wednesday for arraignment⁴ on train wrecking⁵ charges.

 

Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, Moreno allegedly ran the train at full speed off the end of the tracks near the Navy medical boat, smashing through several concrete and chain barriers, before sliding through a parking lot nearly 250 yards from the Mercy, according to the criminal complaint.

 

No one was injured and the boat wasn't damaged, however, the train leaked a substantial amount of fuel, the complaint said.

 

"Moreno stated that he acted alone and had not pre-planned the attempted attack," according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Central District of California. "While admitting to intentionally⁶ derailing and crashing the train, he said he knew it would bring media attention and 'people could see for themselves,' referring to the Mercy."

 

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