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Washington – Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed in a car crash Wednesday, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said.
Sheriff Jeff Siegel said Walorski, 58, was in an SUV traveling south when she was struck head-on by another car just after 12:30 p.m. All three occupants of one of the cars — Walorski, area manager Zachery Potts, 27, and communications manager Emma Thompson, 28 — died as a result of their injuries.
The sole occupant of the other car involved in the crash, which was traveling northbound, was also pronounced dead at the scene, according to Siegel.
An investigation by the Coroner’s Office and the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office is ongoing.
Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Walorski was elected to represent Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District in 2012 after serving three terms in the state. She was the top Republican on the House Ethics Committee and served on the Ways and Means Committee.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed Walorski’s death in a statement via Twitter from her office, noting that her husband, Dean Swihart, had been told the congresswoman had been killed in the crash.
“She came home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” McCarthy said. “Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.”
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