Car carrying Deputy Jackie Walorski crossed center line, causing fatal crash, sheriff says

The crash that killed Rep. Jackie Walorski and three others occurred when the vehicle carrying the congresswoman crossed the center line, the Indiana Sheriff’s Office said.

Walorski, 58, communications director Emma Thomson, 28, and district manager Zachary Potts, 27, were killed in a head-on collision Wednesday in Elkhart County, Indiana.

Edith Schmucker, 56, the sole occupant of the crashed vehicle, also died. The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office released updated information Thursday that corrected what the office initially said Wednesday.

All occupants of both vehicles were wearing seat belts, the office said, and Potts was driving the Toyota RAV4, with Walorski and Thomson as passengers.

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“Information from the preliminary investigation at the scene, regarding the direction of travel of the vehicles, was not correct. The continued investigation has located eyewitnesses and video evidence,” the sheriff’s office wrote in the Social Networks.

Rep. Jackie Walorski died Wednesday afternoon in a car crash in Indiana
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“The Toyota RAV 4 crossed the center line for reasons unknown at this time and the two vehicles collided,” the office continued. “The Sheriff’s Office continues to interview witnesses and collect evidence from the scene and vehicles.”

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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle shared their condolences following the tragic deaths of Walorski and the two staff members.

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Walorski had represented Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District since 2013 and was known as a bridge-building moderate.