House and the senate. We know that the leaders in the house, speaker paul ryan, the leader were on the train. They are okay. But the tragic news today that theres one american confirmed dead. Somebody who was traveling on the truck that the train hit. And we also know that there was one person who was critically injured and taken to an area hospital who was also traveling in the truck. We also know now that congressman jason lewis of minnesota was transported to a hospital. We have a photo of him with his neck in a brace being treated by medical percesonnel. We dont know at this point the extent of his injuries. We heard from an aid previously there was one member of congress who was hurt who was standing up when this accident occurred. Everybody who was on the train felt a jolt, especially those traveling near the front of the train. There were laptops, cell phones went fly iing. As you point out, many members had their spouses, children,
guard. Then also should have had gates. We can
guard. then also should have had gates. we can t speak to whether they were operating, but it was one of those locations that should have been. e equipped with that. so the ntsb and federal railroad administration and amtrak will be looking at how did this happen. always keeping in. mind the train always has the right of way. and a train can take up to a mile and a half to stop. that s an estimate of how fast it was going. so they are going to pull this train back probably back to charlottesville. we re told members of congress will be boarding buss to go on to their retreat destination. investigators will be looking at why was this trash truck on the tracks. was it stuck? did the driver try to beat the train? the numbers are staggering. every year about 270 motorists are killed in chigss with trains. and 3400 people are killed us l