U.S. Rep Jackie Walorski dies in car accident.

Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed in a car crash in Elkhart County on Wednesday, 3 Aug.

Zach Potts, 27, and Emma Thomson, 28, were also in the car with Walorski at the time and were killed in the crash.

A car going north collided with the Walorski car.

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The driver of the northbound car was identified Wednesday afternoon as Edith Schmucker, 56, of Nappanee, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The sheriff's department reported Schmucker's car crossed the center line and hit Walorski's car head-on.

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Elkhart County police are still investigating the crash.

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"Dean Swihart, Jackie's husband, was just informed by Elkhart County Sheriff's office that Jackie was killed in a car accident this afternoon.

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she was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing Indiana's 21st district, from 2005 to 2010.

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

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