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In by somebody there showing this trash truck. sort of hard to make it out but that is the trash truck that was apparently hit by the amtrak train. it appears if you look at the right side that picture is being taken from possibly inside the train and obviously it's a trash truck. not easy to see the extent of the damages are. curbelo said he sees minor injuries, cuts and bruises. the person we heard is injured, and we don't have any detail on this, might have been standing and that might have been the issue the person was standing and the train hits a truck, comes to a stop, people go flying....

In, you've got lawmakers essentially acting as their own reporters and their own medics on this train. i've seen a number of lawmakers, republicans, members of the house in particular, tweeting that they and being treated on the scene. you're looking at the picture provided to us by a lawmaker on the train. the truck will get the worst end of this in a truck versus amtrak collision. we are a few hours down the line from where the lawmakers were expected to arrive in a few hours. there is a large operation here waiting for them to arrive. i was actually driving back up here to our camera positi...

If they were hurt, we know little at this time. >> one of my sources said the garbage truck driver didn't appear to be injured but we don't have word on that. did anyone appear to be hurt on the outside? >> a couple colleagues say they saw the driver emerge from the vehicle, and he seemed to be okay. he was waiving, apparently. i personally cannot confirm that. for now, there's no news on how we're going to proceed. the train has stopped. i'm not sure we'll be able to remain on this train. it's a little bit of an uncertain situation. thankfully, it appears that everyone, a least on the train, ...

We have breaking news. the train carrying members of congress to the gop release just had some kind of accident. it said most people seem okay, but there also appear to be some injuries. we don't have -- we're not on the scene yet, but our colleague, kasie hunt, who covers the hill, is on the phone with us. kasie, are you there? >> reporter: hi, steph. yeah. i am driving on my way down to west virginia to cover this republican retreat. we have heard at nbc that the train that was carrying members of congress, they all met at union station this morning, took an amtrak train down to west virgini...

Appear to be minor describing a scene that was chaotic and things flying around in the train but not the situation where significant injuries are being reported, at least not yet, stephanie. >> when you look at that picture, we don't know how serious it is at the moment. that was a trash truck so there's a lot of trash there. it looks serious because there's stuff all over the place. from the people we heard from on the train, they are okay. it doesn't mean everybody is okay, but those folks are saying they're okay. congressman don bacon said i'm on the train but i'm okay. we're hearing from p...