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governor.swill@gmail.com wrote:


ELKHART — A car carrying U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-2nd
District) was the vehicle that apparently crossed the center
line of Indiana 19 and collided with oncoming traffic, according
to new information from the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department.

The Wednesday crash killed four people, including Walorski, and
two others in the car at the time — 27-year-old Zach Potts and
28-year-old Emma Thomson. Nappanee resident Edith Schmucker, 56,
was driving the other direction and was hit by Walorski's
vehicle and also died at the scene.

Walorski, 58, has served Indiana's 2nd district in the U.S.
House of Representatives since 2013.

Potts was the chairman of the St. Joseph County Republican
Party. Thomson was Walorski's communications director. The group
was reportedly returning from a ribbon-cutting ceremony in
Claypool.

The information provided by Elkhart County police Thursday runs
counter to what the department initially said regarding the
circumstances of the crash. Police originally said that
Schmucker was driving a maroon Buick LeSabre northbound on
Indiana 19 when she crossed the center line and hit a silver
Toyota RAV 4 driven by Potts going south.

Police now say Walorski and her team were driving north and
Potts "crossed the center line for reasons that are unknown at
this time" and hit Schmucker, who was driving south. The crash
occurred just south of the roundabout where Indiana 19 connects
with Indiana 119.

"The information from the preliminary investigation at the
scene, as to the direction of travel of the vehicles, was not
correct," a release from Elkhart county police states, adding
they became aware of eyewitnesses and video evidence that
contradicted the initial report.

Congresswoman remembered:Local officials react to Jackie
Walorski's death

Tribune messages to the Elkhart sheriff's office and the Elkhart
County coroner have not been returned as of Thursday morning.
Indianapolis TV station Fox59 reported before 8 p.m. Wednesday
night that the department had retracted its initial statement,
but The Tribune was unable to verify the retraction. The
department released a new statement at 10:26 a.m. Thursday
correcting the error. The department's Facebook page was updated
to correct the error at 11:05 a.m. Thursday.

The release adds that everyone involved in the crash was wearing
their seatbelts and that airbags did deploy.

https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/08/04/us- rep-jackie-walorski-car-crossed-center-line-police-now-
say/65391954007/

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