UPDATING: Train Carrying Congressional Republicans Hits Garbage Truck – One Truck Passenger Reported Dead
Traveling to a Retreat
A train carrying congressional Republicans to a GOP retreat in West Virginia has just crashed into a garbage truck, NBC News is reporting. The crash was near Charlottesville.
UPDATE: One of the people on the garbage truck is reported dead, two others who were on the truck are injured, according to The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe.
Politico identifies it as an Amtrak train and reports there are no serious injuries reported among the passengers.Â
JUST IN: Train carrying members of Congress to GOP retreat hits a garbage truck, sources confirm.
A GOP aide said most people seem to be okay, but “there appears to be some injuries.” pic.twitter.com/Wp57k6KB1b
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2018
MSNBC notes “there appears to be some injuries.”
“It does appear most people are okay” but looks like some minor injuries, Rep. Carlos Curbelo tells @kasie live on @MSNBC right now. https://t.co/XwRgsWhia6
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) January 31, 2018
CBS has posted a photo of the truck:
MORE: White House official confirms train carrying House GOP members hit a truck; there are no fatalities that they know of at the moment https://t.co/1aMPhVZzBu pic.twitter.com/vg3IJvYmnq
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 31, 2018
UPDATE: 12:15 PM ET –
Latest update via NBC News:
Full NBC News Special Report: Train carrying GOP lawmakers collides with garbage truck. https://t.co/l1iAPNzniZ pic.twitter.com/Rc1XoTHFZf
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 31, 2018
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