Train Carrying GOP Members To Retreat Crashes In West Virginia

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is confirming one fatality and one serious injury after a chartered train carrying Republican lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia hit a garbage truck.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says there are no serious injuries among members of Congress or congressional staff.

Sanders says President Donald Trump has been fully briefed on the matter and is receiving regular updates.

The train carrying the lawmakers hit a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Lawmakers are heading to their annual legislative retreat at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

WCCB has confirmed that North Carolina Congressman Robert Pittenger was on the train.  However, he posted on Twitter, “I am on the train, and I am okay. Praying for others involved.”