An Amtrak train carrying Republican congressmen and their families to a GOP retreat crashed into a truck on Jan. 31.

There were a few minor injuries, one serious injury and one death reported.

On board the train were Milligan’s former first lady Clarinda Jeanes Roe and her husband, Phil Roe, who is the representative for Tennessee.

The Stampede reached out to the Roes to see if they were okay.

“We are fine,” Clarinda Roe said. “Phil tried to revive one of the men on the truck. He died and another not looking good. Several on the train with bruises.”

As reported by Buzzfeed News, Phil Roe and other colleagues fell back on their medical training to help.

“If you’ve been doing something 30-plus years, you don’t forget about that just because you’ve become a congressman,” he said.

There were no serious injuries reported among the congressmen and their families. All of the passengers and crew members aboard the train were reported to be OK. The only person possibly injured is Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota who has a minor concussion and some whiplash.

The congressmen were headed to the 2018 Congressional Republicans’ retreat. This is an annual gathering for GOP members of the House and Senate to discuss their plans for the upcoming year. It is being held this weekend at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. They are still going to attend this retreat, despite the crash.

The National Transportation Safety Board announced that it is dispatching a team of investigators to look into the cause of the crash.

President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and many of the congressmen on the train all tweeted and/or announced their condolences to the truck driver and his family and said how saddened they were by this tragedy.

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