An Amtrak passenger train carrying Republican members of the U.S. Congress from Washington to a retreat in West Virginia is seen after colliding with a garbage truck in Crozet Cheap Kelechi Osemele Jersey , Virginia, U.S. Jan. 31, 2018. (XinhuaREUTERS) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The White House confirmed that one person was dead and no lawmakers were seriously injured in a collision involving a trash truck and a chartered train in U.S. state of Virginia on Wednesday.
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The victim's identity was not released.
Sanders said that President Donald Trump has been fully briefed on the situation and is receiving regular updates.
The remarks were made after an Amtrak-run chartered train carrying Republican lawmakers to a GOP retreat in state of West Virginia collided with a trash truck earlier in the day.
A statement from Amtrak said the crash occurred at 11:20 a.m. in Crozet, Virginia. The train departed Union Station in Washington, D.C. at about 8:30 a.m.
"Local law enforcement is investigating the incident and crews are inspecting equipment for damage," the statement added.
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Several members of Congress on the train confirmed the collision in different tweets earlier and that they and their family were not injured.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan was on the train with his family, and all were unharmed.
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The Republicans lawmakers were scheduled to spend the next few days at the resort for their annual issues conference.
LONDON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Although there is a general increasing trend in global cancer survival, wide and persistent disparities still exist between countries, according to a study released Wednesday by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Researchers analyzed individual patient records from 322 cancer registries in 71 countries and territories to compare five-year survival from diagnosis for more than 37.5 million adults and children with one of 18 common cancers. These cancers represent three-quarters of all cancers diagnosed worldwide every year between 2000 and 2014.
In Britain Cheap Rashaan Melvin Jersey , overall cancer survival is improving, with several cancers showing substantial increases in five-year survival, including breast, prostate Cheap Leon Hall Jersey , rectum and colon, the figures showed.
However, adults with cancer here continue to have lower five-year survival than in other comparable countries for several common cancers, including myeloid malignancies and adult brain cancer.
Meanwhile Cheap Frostee Rucker Jersey , five-year survival is twice as high in Denmark and Sweden as in Mexico and Brazil for children diagnosed as recently as 2014.
This is likely to reflect the availability and quality of diagnostic and treatment services, according to the team.
Continuous monitoring of global trends in cancer survival is "crucial to assess the overall effectiveness of health systems world-wide, and to help policy-makers plan better strategies for cancer control," said Claudia Allemani Cheap Mike Nugent Jersey , lead author of the study.
The study has been published in the journal The Lancet.
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