A post shared by Stephen King (@stephenking) on Jan 27, 2018 at 12:35pm PST

Stephen King tweeted a post that mocked Donald Trump and the GOP, relating to the West Virginia train accident where a train carrying dozens of members of Congress, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, hit a truck on the way to a Republican retreat.

“A trainload of Republicans on their way to a pricey retreat hit a garbage truck. My friend Russ calls that karma,” he tweeted. Then, tweeters said the truck driver ended up dying. “Of COURSE sorry the truck driver died,” he followed up.

He later apologized:

“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.”

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