Stephen King Clobbered for Train-Wreck 'Karma' Tweet

Stephen King has apologized for a snarky crack he made about Wednesday's deadly train wreck in Virginia.

After an Amtrak train carrying dozens of Republican members of Congress to a legislative retreat in West Virginia crashed into a vehicle carrying refuse, King tweeted: 

A trainload of Republicans on their way to a pricey retreat hit a garbage truck. My friend Russ calls that karma.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 1, 2018

The bestselling horror writer quickly got his head handed to him by Twitter followers who informed him that the driver of the truck was killed in the accident and others were injured.

King then tweeted: 

Of COURSE sorry the truck driver died.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 1, 2018

Later, after giving his response more thought, the author of "Carrie," "The Dead Zone" and "The Stand" fired off a full-fledged mea culpa.

He tweeted:

A rather thoughtless tweet from me concerning the train-truck crash, for which I apologize (if one is necessary). It should be pointed out, too, that those Republican politicians, who can be heartless when they vote, immediately got out to help.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 1, 2018

King, who lives in Maine, regularly comments on political issues and has some 4.53 million followers on Twitter.

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