gop congress members caught in train wreck and its not a metaphor gop congress members caught in train wreck 1312018 house speaker paul ryan and several other gop congressional leaders are caught in a train wreck and thats not a metaphor an amtrak train carrying republican members of congress to a retreat smashed into a garbage truck wednesday morning in virginia the truck was obliterated and trash is strewn around the scene the train also suffered some damage but all the congressmen and women survived but there may be some minor injuries the truck driver was reportedly killed in the collision rep roger marshall from kansas is an obgyn and reportedly helped treat passengers on the train story developing