Rep Jackie Walorski, three others killed in Elkhart County crash

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed in a car crash in Elkhart County on Wednesday

Three other people were killed in the crash, which took place while Walorski and two others were in a vehicle driving south on Indiana

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

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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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Potts was the chairman of the St. Joseph County Republican Party. Thomson was Walorski's communications director

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Elkhart County police are still investigating the crash. The driver of the northbound car was identified Wednesday afternoon as Edith Schmucker

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Walorski, 58, was born and raised in the Gilmer Park neighborhood just outside South Bend’s southern city limits

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Her father Raymond was a South Bend firefighter who owned an appliance repair shop and her mother Martha worked as a meat cutter at a grocery store

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