CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (WHTC-AM/FM) – The two men who represent the Lakeshore on Capitol Hill are fine after a train crash in Virginia.
Both Bill Huizenga of Zeeland and Fred Upton of St. Joseph conveyed on Twitter similar sentiments following the late Wednesday morning incident in which a chartered Amtrak passenger train collided with a garbage truck at a crossing outside of Charlottesville. Huizenga said in his Tweet, “I need to let everyone know that Natalie and I are on the train involved with the crash. While we are shaken, we are both OK. We have gathered to pray for the victims and 1st responders and ask everyone to join us.” Upton’s message was, “The train carrying GOP members to our retreat had a collision. Amey and I are both OK.”
The two were among a number of GOP Congressmen heading to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia for a Republican Party retreat. One person was killed and two others were injured; according to others on the train, the casualties came from those on the truck, and that none of the politicians, their families and their staffers were reportedly hurt.
