Train carrying GOP lawmakers collides with garbage truck in Virginia; NJ's Lance, MacArthur aboard and OK

A train carrying Republican lawmakers to their retreat in West Virginia collided with what appeared to be a garbage truck on Wednesday.

According to Amtrak, the train collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Crozet, Va., a town about 126 miles away from Washington, D.C.

Amtrak said in a statement there were no reported injuries to passengers or crew members.

Rep. Leonard Lance, of New Jersey's 7th district, and Rep. Tom MacArthur, of New Jersey's 3rd district, were aboard the train and were not injured, the USA TODAY NETWORK has learned.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann was on his way to the restroom when the train hit. The Tennessee congressman was thrown around and suffered neck, back and foot injuries.

“I’m in a bit of shock right now,” Flesichmann said in a phone call from the scene, where he was being treated for his injuries. “I’m in a whole lot of pain and discomfort.”

Flesichmann said he wasn’t sure what the train hit, but it was “a tremendously strong impact.”

“When this thing hit, I got thrown,” he said.

Other people on the train were injured, Fleischmann said, but he doesn’t know if they were members of Congress.

TRAIN CRASH: Train carrying Republican lawmakers collides with garbage truck

“It’s kind of chaotic right now,” he said of the scene.

President Trump is scheduled to travel to West Virginia on Air Force One for the retreat Thursday.

Other members of Congress tweeted from the train that they weren't injured in the collision.

Meanwhile, local authorities were investigating the scene, while the crew was checking the train for damage.

Staff writer Herb Jackson contributed to this report.