# Engineer tries to ram train into Mercy hospital ship.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884 "2020-04-02T14:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884/1 "2020-04-02T14:28:21Z")

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How much more craziness are we going to see?

> **[Man charged with intentionally derailing train near hospital ship Mercy over...](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-01/man-charged-derailing-train-hospital-ship-mercy)**
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> The man derailed the train because he believed the Mercy was part of suspicious activities involving the coronavirus, prosecutors said.

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> Prosecutors allege that Moreno derailed the train and deliberately crashed through barriers designed to stop engines before grinding to a halt 250 yards from the Mercy.  
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> Prosecutors allege that during an interview he admitted he ran the train beyond the track because he believed the Mercy was part of suspicious activities involving the coronavirus.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884/2 "2020-04-02T15:17:38Z")

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There’s a long thread on this here - [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=893164](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=893164)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884/3 "2020-04-02T15:49:39Z")

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Some people react well under pressure. Others, to a lesser degree.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884/4 "2020-04-02T16:10:55Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> There’s a long thread on this here - [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=893164](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=893164)

Closed duplicate.