Colorado Congressional Republicans All OK After Train Wreck

By Colorado Public Radio Staff
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<p>(Bruce&nbsp;<span data-scayt-word="Poliquin" data-scayt-lang="en_US">Poliquin</span>&nbsp;via AP)</p>
<p>This photo provided by Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine shows emergency personnel standing near a chartered train carrying members of Congress after it hit a garbage truck in Crozet, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. No lawmakers were believed injured.</p>
Photo: GOP Train crash
This photo provided by Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine shows emergency personnel standing near a chartered train carrying members of Congress after it hit a garbage truck in Crozet, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. No lawmakers were believed injured.

Several of Colorado's Republican members of Congress were on an Amtrak train that crashed into a dump truck in West Virginia Wednesday morning, and it appears all of them were uninjured.

Sen. Cory Gardner, and Reps. Scott Tipton and Mike Coffman all tweeted assurances that they are OK, and praying for those who were injured.

I am on the train and ok, but know a lot of prayers are needed now for those hurt. https://t.co/jkwRfZTTW9

Rep. Coffman was onboard Amtrak train that collided w/truck, he is ok. We ask for prayers for all involved in this accident & appreciate everyone's calls.... story is still developing. -Staff

I am on the train that crashed and was not injured. Thank you to everyone who has reached out. I am praying for those who were hurt.

Congressmen Doug Lamborn and Ken Buck were not on the train, which was traveling to a Republican retreat.

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