Police say a staffer for Rep. Jackie Walorski was trying to pass a flat-bed truck when the SUV they were in crashed into an oncoming car.
U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was killed in a car crash Wednesday afternoon, her office confirmed.A staffer for U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was trying to pass a flat-bed truck on a northern Indiana highway last month when the SUV they were in crashed into an oncoming car,A witness traveling behind the SUV told investigators it sped up, crossed the centerline of the two-lane highway as it neared the truck and pulled into the path of the other car when the crash happened about 12:30 p.m.
Airbag control module data from the SUV driven by Zachery Potts, 27, who was Walorski's district director, showed it was going 77 mph at the time of the crash on a rural stretch of Indiana 19 near the town of Wakarusa, the office said. Walorski, 58, was a Republican who had first been elected to represent northern Indiana's 2nd Congressional District in 2012 and was seeking reelection this year to a sixth term.
Also killed in the crash were Emma Thomson, 28, who was Walorski's communications director, and Edith Schmucker, 56, of Nappanee, Indiana, who was driving the other vehicle.
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