Check this intentional derailment out at the Port of Los Angeles https://fox5sandiego.com/news/coron...attack-on-usns-mercy-federal-prosecutors-say/ Crazy times people!
The ship is birthed at the cruise ship terminal there and the track he left was not even pointing him directly at it. From what I can gather this is where he went. (The red arrow)
He may have been hoping for a deflection off of the retaining wall of the Gatway Plaza Fanfare Fountain.