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   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-   
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