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Driver Crashes Train Near Naval Hospital Ship in L.A. Port to Promote Conspiracy Theory

HeadlineApr 02, 2020

In California, federal prosecutors have charged a locomotive driver who deliberately derailed a train Tuesday and crashed it near the U.S. Navy hospital ship Mercy, which is docked at the Port of Los Angeles to relieve the burden on hospitals strained by COVID-19 patients. Forty-four-year-old driver Eduardo Moreno reportedly outlined a conspiracy theory to investigators alleging the ship was sent as part of a “government takeover.”

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