NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Train engineer gets 3 years for intentional derailment in LA

Train Engineer Terrorism
Posted

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A train engineer who intentionally derailed a locomotive near a U.S. Navy hospital ship that was deployed in Los Angeles harbor to help during the COVID-19 pandemic was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison.

Eduardo Moreno pleaded guilty in December 2021 to one count of committing a terrorist attack.

Moreno acknowledged in his plea agreement that he drove a locomotive at full speed off the end of the tracks near where the Mercy was docked because he believed it might be involved in a sinister conspiracy.

Nobody was hurt.



,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Monday

05/18/2026

Clear

-° / 57°

0%

Tuesday

05/19/2026

Clear

91° / 59°

0%

Wednesday

05/20/2026

Clouds Early/Clearing Late

94° / 63°

0%

Thursday

05/21/2026

Clear

96° / 66°

0%

Friday

05/22/2026

Clear

97° / 66°

0%

Saturday

05/23/2026

Clear

96° / 64°

0%

Sunday

05/24/2026

Clear

93° / 62°

0%

Monday

05/25/2026

Clear

90° / 62°

0%