Train carrying GOP lawmakers to retreat hits truck

[WOT?*]

www.cbsnews.com/news/train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-to-retreat-hits-truck/


No injuries reported.

[2curlydogs]

Well, if that isn't a metaphor for that whole fucking party....

I'm glad no one was hurt.

[mbcdefg]

It sounds like the truck driver may have been hurt.

apnews.com/f73c1b8848e740d5859565951d23b637

[sofamonkey]

Paul Ryan could’ve had a serious spinal injury. Luckily, he doesn’t have one, and was unscathed.

ETA words

[sofamonkey]

Jan 31, 2018 12:07:06 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

It sounds like the truck driver may have been hurt.

apnews.com/f73c1b8848e740d5859565951d23b637

Yeah, the entire front end of the truck was demolished.

[sparrowsong]

Jan 31, 2018 12:02:22 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

Well, if that isn't a metaphor for that whole fucking party....

I'm glad no one was hurt.

I’m sorry if the truck driver was injured, or anyone else.

But BWAHAAHAHAHAHA!! The jokes write themselves!

[pinkeggs]

This is 20 minutes from my house.

Charlottesville is having a neat year.

[bcv513]

Luckily they have wonderful health insurance

[debatethis]

Jan 31, 2018 12:08:25 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

Paul Ryan could’ve had a serious spinal injury. Luckily, he doesn’t have one, and was unscathed.

ETA words

He would have to have a spine for that to happen.

[2curlydogs]

They're now saying at least one person from the truck was killed.

[mbcdefg]

Ed O'Keefe
‏
@edatpost

BREAKING: Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) tells me 3 passengers aboard the hit truck. 1 is dead. 2 injured. He and other lawmakers helped carry one of the injured truck passengers to an ambulance with local medical personnel.

[MrsAxilla]

Cory Fucking Gardner and Mike Fucking Coffman were on board.

ETA: just saw Coffman walking around, so he’s fine.

[Dumbledork]

They’re a literal train wreck.

I hope the driver is okay.

[seeyalater52]

I'm really sad to hear about the casualty and injury but I admit the trash truck part made me laugh.

[mbcdefg]

I already saw at least one "omg it's an antifa setup!!!!!" tweet.

sigh.

[pixy0stix]

Dammit.

[pinkeggs]

The truck driver died, I'm told

[thebulldog]

i so want to make the GOP is a literal trainwreck joke but then i read people are dead and that is NEVER funny. NEVER. so then i felt horrible.

[thejackpot]

So awful about the driver. I hope the other truck passengers are ok.

[mrshandy]

So sad for the truck driver. I'll be honest. My first thought went to terrorism. What's the likelihood that a train carrying so many members of congress has an accident?

How does this happen? Was there no warning that the train was coming? I just have so many questions.

[pitta12]

An ABC News reporter tweeted that based on what lawmakers are telling her, it appears the truck was trying to hurry and cross before the crossing gates came down and did not make it in time. Train was traveling at around 50 mph.

[cookiemdough]

Jan 31, 2018 13:07:02 GMT -5 pitta12 said:

An ABC News reporter tweeted that based on what lawmakers are telling her, it appears the truck was trying to hurry and cross before the crossing gates came down and did not make it in time. Train was traveling at around 50 mph.

How would the lawmakers know this? Did they get that information from the conductor? I take the train everyday and I do not have a full frontal view, even when I sit in the first car.

Usually the gates come down pretty far before the train rolls through. I wonder if it stalled or something. This is all so strange.

[WOT?*]

My sister tried that once. I was in the passenger seat and all I could see was front-of-train. I still have shivers thinking about it. She was a very stupid 19 or so at the time. But for a truck that size to try to outrun the rails makes me wonder. She was driving a little Ford Fiesta econobox and still had to swerve to get between them. There's not a lot of room to maneuver.

I'm very sorry to hear that there were injuries and a casualty. When I first posted it was breaking news and no reported injuries at the time. My sympathy to those who are impacted by this accident.

Except what the eff was Jeff Flake, et al. doing "helping carry one injured to an ambulance" There were first responders on site there and the only thing he and the others could do was get in the way and possibly exacerbate any existing injuries. There is no "Good Samaritan" needed here. Pompous asses, the lot of them.

[rjamz]

I hope everyone else is ok and really really hope this isn’t terrorism

[pinkeggs]

I don't think it's terrorism. I mean, of course I could be wrong, but I have friends posting that this was THEIR garbage crew and had just been at their houses. They could see the accident from their houses.

[penguingrrl]

I’m so sorry to hear the driver lost his life and hope the other two are okay.

[miniroller]

WOT?* my thoughts exactly re: Flake & Gang
Worse: you just know they were going for a snapshot for every website/ front pages tomorrow of their “Heroic efforts in a desperate attempt to help save a life!”
Hork.
I do feel awful for those afflicted.

[turnipthebeet]

Why are people thinking terrorism?

Was it widely known that these lawmakers were on this train?

[mbcdefg]

Jason Samuels‏ jason_Samuels
(Flake's communications director)

Two tragedies. Two times @jeffflake & @repbradwenstrup have rushed to the aid of the injured. These guys are the real deal.

[Bernadine]

Flake mentioned there were eye witnesses not involved in the accident.

Trump just said a few words about the accident and did not say one word about the person who died. Like, no sympathy or prayers for the family or anything. How is that not the first thing you say? But he did mention at least twice that the meeting would still happen.