Article: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/freight-train-cars-derail-near-014058301.html
Freight train cars derail near Petco Park, closes Harbor Drive
Harbor Drive is currently closed to traffic due to the derailment.
The derailment occurred around 4 p.m. CHP also confirmed there is structural damage to a concrete pillar beneath Harbor Drive, near Switzer Street.
BNSF confirmed with FOX 5/KUSI that three rail cars carrying automobiles derailed at approximately 4 p.m. The company also said that there are no injuries or hazardous materials involved.
BNSF also reported that the derailed cars are leaning against a bridge pillar on Harbor Drive. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area as Harbor Drive remains closed for an unknown duration. Traffic in the area could be impacted by the derailment.
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My commentary: This raised my eyebrows for two reasons. 1. Train derailments seem to have become common in recent years and 2. Over the years, I've commented numerous times about my concerns about the Monarch Charter School for Homeless Children, the main train station (near which the derailing occurred), the Container Port and the Convention Center all being a very short walk from one another. I suspect that children are being moved between the port and trains, that they use the school as cover for moving children, and that children are pimped at convention activities.
This is true. And to be fair, given the proximity to the homeless camps, it is possible that something was thrown onto the tracks to cause the derailment.
I find the recent spate of derailments nationwide to be concerning Is our national infrastructure that poorly maintained or is someone sabotaging it? Either way, we need to fix the issues.
And as I said in my post, I believed that children are trafficking via these freight trains, so I wonder if anything nefarious was found by the rescue workers.
Rail would be a better way to traffic kids than trucks,they don't get much scrutiny....
I believe they take the containers containing children off the ships and put them directly on the freight train. And should they let the kids out of the container for any reason, they will claim the kids came from the homeless school... which is why you will never see them again... homeless kids move a lot...
Probably so....