Screenshot of Crozet, Va. Amtrak train crash via NBC News.

Screenshot of Crozet, Va. Amtrak train crash via NBC News.

CROZET, Va. — A chartered train carrying Republican lawmakers to a retreat collided with a trash truck in Virginia Wednesday morning and left at least one person dead, NBC News reported.

A spokesperson for the Congressional Institute, which sponsors the retreat, said the person who died and a person who was critically injured were both in the truck, according to the report.

"Two Amtrak crew members and two passengers were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Local law enforcement is investigating the incident," the statement said.

The NTSB said they were sending a Go-Team to the scene of the accident.

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