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(72,029 posts) Wed Jan 31, 2018, 12:50 PM Jan 2018

Train carrying members of Congress hits a truck [View all]

Source: CNN

A train carrying members of Congress to their legislative retreat in West Virginia, hit a truck Wednesday, multiple sources told CNN.

One GOP source was unsure how many members of Congress were on the train or how many people were injured, but said there were injuries.

That source said members "hit the deck."

Republican members of Congress were on their way for a retreat at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia starting
Wednesday and ending Friday. Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to speak to members later Wednesday and President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the event tomorrow.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/congress-train-accident/index.html

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Train carrying members of Congress hits a truck [View all] Botany Jan 2018 OP

Hopefully the train with the Republicans suddenly gets locked and air removed. Weed Man Jan 2018 #1

Bless your heart. AzureCrest Jan 2018 #21

If I were a thinking republican, I might suspect TheDebbieDee Jan 2018 #40

No chance of that! (The thinking repuglican.) erronis Jan 2018 #50

There is no thinking for 99.9% of them and the only thing they cstanleytech Jan 2018 #59

Is there such a thing? Iahotdog Jan 2018 #108

Random meaningless event... yallerdawg Jan 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Cha Jan 2018 #97

Mahalo, Cha! yallerdawg Jan 2018 #102

While I hope they're all okay... MountCleaners Jan 2018 #111

Hope they are all okay, efhmc Jan 2018 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Botany Jan 2018 #5

+1. (n/t) FreepFryer Jan 2018 #6

+1 LeftishBrit Jan 2018 #112

"Trainwreck" DemoTex Jan 2018 #4

My thoughts, too. Laurian Jan 2018 #8

Poetic Justice, indeed. hexola Jan 2018 #10

For the truck driver too? B2G Jan 2018 #12

Seems little more than an inference on your part. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #105

Seems to have hit a trash truck. efhmc Jan 2018 #7

On the way to the hotel that house(d/s) the Congress' nuclear bunker, their train hit a truck. Hmmm. FreepFryer Jan 2018 #9

Early reports seem to indicate the truck was stuck on the tracks. B2G Jan 2018 #11

Hope all are ok, but call me Netflixed if it all doesnt sound a little too Breaking Bad :) FreepFryer Jan 2018 #29

Sounds like The Blacklist episode called The Kingmaker. displacedtexan Jan 2018 #110

Hope the truck driver is ok. Augiedog Jan 2018 #13

I hope the truck driver is OK IronLionZion Jan 2018 #14

He is dead oberliner Jan 2018 #15

Where did you see that? IronLionZion Jan 2018 #17

Local NBC station oberliner Jan 2018 #18

Here is a tweet from a WaPo reporter on the train BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #23

The truck driver died and his passenger was critically injured per MSNBC Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #117

Conflicting reports... Runningdawg Jan 2018 #53

There are no conflicting reports oberliner Jan 2018 #60

Senator Jeff Flake reported from the scene that the driver survived. No Vested Interest Jan 2018 #74

One reported fatality oberliner Jan 2018 #16

Wait, West Virginia? forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #19

No, Virginia. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #45

Whoops! n/t forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #52

The train was headed to West Virginia. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #62

In 3...2...1 matt819 Jan 2018 #20

The truck driver was killed oberliner Jan 2018 #22

That's terrible news.. Kittycow Jan 2018 #30

Very much so oberliner Jan 2018 #42

Terrible for the engineer, too DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #98

that's terrible renate Jan 2018 #24

thank you... dhill926 Jan 2018 #35

Hey, near Charlottesville. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #25

Same Here The River Jan 2018 #96

Waste collection is one of the most hazardous occupations there is. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #101

Wouldnt have happened if Congress had invested in high-speed rail service Squaredeal Jan 2018 #26

You're nuts. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #27

Thats why the train speed was only 70 mph, to give motorists time to stpp Squaredeal Jan 2018 #37

Trains don't go 70 mph through Crozet. Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #58

Agreed. That crossing is at the end of a particularly enjoyable section of road for chasing trains. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #67

This is LITERALLY how the GOP is destroying this country! Fluke a Snooker Jan 2018 #28

You're nuts, II. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #33

Alert? To what? Fluke a Snooker Jan 2018 #84

Obvious sarisataka Jan 2018 #38

Not sure what you mean. Fluke a Snooker Jan 2018 #85

Don't sweat it sarisataka Jan 2018 #93

Ha! Codeine Jan 2018 #86

Be my guest sarisataka Jan 2018 #94

Hey dude, john657 Jan 2018 #92

They hit a garbage truck. 47of74 Jan 2018 #31

the interesting thing about this story is this.. Javaman Jan 2018 #32

It was an Amtrak passenger extra. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #34

You mean the same Amtrak that the orange asshole cut funds to? Javaman Jan 2018 #51

It was a charter train DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #99

Lots of new DUers with low post counts on this thread IronLionZion Jan 2018 #36

Yeah, really. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #39

Thanks for the welcome. john657 Jan 2018 #100

As long as you're not one of Putin's agents IronLionZion Jan 2018 #103

I just checked my wallet and I couldn't find a Putin fan club card, john657 Jan 2018 #104

This message was self-deleted by its author angrychair Jan 2018 #41

Uncalled for. Someone was killed. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #43

Unneeded Botany Jan 2018 #46

Ill delete my comment...but... angrychair Jan 2018 #61

You don't know the politics of the driver that was killed and or those of the 1st responders ... Botany Jan 2018 #69

Thanks. I don't like them (I mean the RW, not EMTs) either, but mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #71

For the record angrychair Jan 2018 #75

Well, yeah, that they do. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #76

Do you know any Charlottesville Fifes Maggiemayhem Jan 2018 #77

No. I haven't lived there in decades, and even when I was there, I didn't know any. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #78

Some had their little children on the train. Little children. Queen of the Iceni Jan 2018 #47

Was lack of funding for safe crossroads a contributing factor? bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #44

The tri-weekly Amtrak train the Cardinal operates over this line. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author machoneman Jan 2018 #48

Classy. AzureCrest Jan 2018 #56

I hope the truck driver is ok nt elmac Jan 2018 #54

Details on the line from the C&O's October 25, 1962, employee's timetable: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #55

I hope the truck is okay. TeamPooka Jan 2018 #57

Driver is dead sarisataka Jan 2018 #65

Will Someone Tell the Reporters The River Jan 2018 #63

I shouted at them several times to no avail. n/t Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #66

I Know the Feeling The River Jan 2018 #73

People in Joliet know it well. 47of74 Jan 2018 #81

The longest in the United States at the time of its construction. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #68

The Metaphor.... it comes... n/t TygrBright Jan 2018 #64

Oh, I got the metaphor immediately upon hearing the news. bullwinkle428 Jan 2018 #119

what an apt metaphor for the republican party gopiscrap Jan 2018 #70

Obligatory link to Operation Lifesaver mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #72

Train with trash, truck with trash, crash! lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #79

I am sad to see people injured TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #80

I would have written the article's headline differently: Gore1FL Jan 2018 #82

A garbage truck. Very apropos. n/t CousinIT Jan 2018 #83

How will the Evangelicals explain this? rickford66 Jan 2018 #87

Video is up mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #88

Per MSNBC, the driver of the truck was killed Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #89

Great comment from another online forum! SpankMe Jan 2018 #90

Too bad about the fatality.... Toorich Jan 2018 #91

Rs better start getting right with God DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #95

And right outside of Charlottesville... Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #113

Maybe drones should be flown ahead of trains to detect obstructions. rickford66 Jan 2018 #106

Twitter feeds mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #107

I always knew they were a train wreck waiting to happen. WhiteTara Jan 2018 #109

He was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger critically injured Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #114

Damn! That is so sad. nt WhiteTara Jan 2018 #115

From what I saw on MSNBC, it appears the crossing signal was working Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #116

The bot brigade is flooding Facebook with conspiracies as usual Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #118