one, train versus truck.
>> reporter: north carolina
representative mark walker
filming the scene through the
train window showing debris
littering the area across the
tracks.
three lawmakers who are doctors
offering first aid to victims
including congressman david roe
and roger marshall.
>> so we did cpr for several,
several minutes.
dr. roe gave me a look that i
don't know where you teach this
in medical school, but a look
that this is over, roger.
there's nothing else we can do.
>> reporter: a 28-year-old
passenger in the trash truck did
not survive.
the injuries for passengers on
the train are minor.
>> it just kind of reminds you
sometimes how fragile life can
be.
>> reporter: the ntsb says one
of the focuses of their
investigation will be the grade
crossing where the crash took
place.
a recent study found these
crossings where a railroad and a
road meet saw an average of
nearly six incidents per day in
2017.
>> there are a lot of fatalities
at grade crossings, and that's
become...