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A dramatic video captured the moment an Amtrak train slammed into a semi-truck hauling several cars in Oklahoma, sending vehicles and debris flying and injuring several people on board. The incident occurred Friday around 7 p.m. local time in Thackerville, near the Oklahoma-Texas border. Minutes before Amtrak Train 822, which operates daily between Fort Worth, Texas, and Oklahoma City, was scheduled to pass through, the car hauler tractor trailer got stuck... [video at link]

tephen King claimed this week’s fatal train crash, which was carrying Republican congressmen and killed one person, was “karma” in a post on Twitter, Thursday. “A trainload of Republicans on their way to a pricey retreat hit a garbage truck. My friend Russ calls that karma,” King declared, receiving over 6,000 likes.

CROZET, Va. (AP) — In a story Jan. 31 about a fatal train crash carrying dozens of Republican members of Congress, The Associated Press, relying on information from a congressman at the scene, misidentified who was killed in the pickup truck. It was a passenger who died, not the driver. A corrected version of the story is below: Train carrying GOP lawmakers strikes trash truck; 1 killed A train carrying dozens of Republican members of Congress to a policy retreat has slammed into a garbage truck in rural Virginia By ALAN FRAM and HEIDI BROWN Associated Press CROZET, Va. (AP)...

FULL TITLE: REVEALED: 'Railroad crossing had been malfunctioning' before train carrying Republican lawmakers hit a garbage truck and killed driver The railroad crossing where a train carrying Republican lawmakers struck a garbage truck killing the driver Wednesday morning had been malfunctioning, residents in Crozet revealed. Benny Layne, who lives near the horrific crash site and found the destroyed garbage truck on his property, told the Associated Press that the crossing arms had not been working properly for quite some time. He said the arms would stay down for hours at a time and he recently witnessed a line of cars...

President Trump was supposed to be on this Amtrack train to Greenbriar, but for some reason he was not. The train was headed to the Greenbriar in Virginia for a retreat on Republican strategy. I find this very suspicious. The truck was sitting on the tracks, and now the driver is deceased. Most are tweeting they are ok, but there were some injured. This happened outside Charlottesville, Virginia. The person in the truck has been pronounced dead. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) who was on the train assisted those injured. Two others from the truck were injured.

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.

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA (WOWK) - A train carrying Republican members of Congress to their retreat at the Greenbrier in West Virginia, has hit a truck, reports CBS News. The specially chartered Amtrak train departed Union Station in Washington, D.C. at about 8:30 a.m., and the train hit the back of a garbage truck at about 11:20 a.m. in Crozet, Virginia.

UPDATE: Local news reports there has been at least one fatality and another in critical condition. NOW: Amtrak train collides with garbage truck in Crozet. Nurse on scene reports at least one fatality and at least one in critical condition. NBC29 is on scene and will bring you more details as we get them. pic.twitter.com/eU0uYL0JQx— NBC29 (@NBC29) January 31, 2018 ***Original Post***The annual Republican retreat is set to take place Wednesday in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. However, there appears to have been an accident as the lawmakers were en route. NEWS: Per a GOP aide (via a member on...

From FOX: Details very sketchy now. Train headed to Greenbriar, WV (Mt. Weather) Some sort of "incident" Details to follow.

A train carrying members of Congress to a GOP retreat in West Virginia, according to reports. Rep. Dr. Roger Marshall, of Kansas' 1st District, said the train"carrying members and spouses hit something." He said he is treating those who are injured."

As rescue operations continue in the train derailment in Amagasaki, west of Osaka, Japan, additional dead have been recovered, bringing the toll to 102 (56 males, 45 females, 1 unknown). This is the worst train accident since the 1963 accident at Tsurumi, near Yokohama, and the 6th worst train accident since the end of World War II.

This week, an animal drove his truck onto a railroad track killing 11 and puting 200 in the hospital. Lawyers are lining up and we the tax payer will be forced to pay millions of dollars. The man, was an illegal alien slipping across our mexican border. Also, he did not stab himself befoe the crash, witnesses say after the crash he stabbed himself and cut his wrist. This was not an attempted sucide. He was a terrorist from mexico. Those are the facts the media will not mention.

Train Accident in Farragut, tn spewing Sulphuric Acid