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Rep. Tom Rice was on board train in Virginia crash

By Charles Duncan
This photo provided by a member of Congress, shows a crash site near Crozet, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday, lawmakers said.
This photo provided by a member of Congress, shows a crash site near Crozet, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday, lawmakers said. AP Photo)

U.S. Rep. Tom Rice was on board a train with other congressional leaders that collided with a truck outside Charlottesville, Virginia, Rice said on Twitter Wednesday.

Rice and other Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate were on their way to a retreat in West Virginia when the Amtrak train they were riding in hit a garbage truck.

The Associated Press reported that none of the dozens of lawmakers on board were injured. At least one of the people in the truck was seriously injured, the AP reported.

“I was on board the train and am safe. Please join me in praying for those who were injured,” Rice said on Twitter.

Charles Duncan: 843-626-0307, @duncanreporting

This story was originally published January 31, 2018 at 12:38 PM with the headline "Rep. Tom Rice was on board train in Virginia crash."

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