ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) – Jackie Walorski, U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District, and three other people are dead after a crash Wednesday afternoon in Elkhart County.
Police say it happened shortly after 12:30 a.m. in the area of State Highway 19 and State Highway 119 in Nappanee. Police say a northbound passenger car traveled left of the center line and collided head-on with a southbound SUV.
The three occupants of the southbound vehicle died as a result of their injuries:
- Jackie Walorski, 58, of Elkhart
- Zachery Potts, 27, of Mishawaka
- Emma Thomson, 28, of Washington, DC
The sole occupant of the northbound vehicle, Edith Schmucker, 56, of Nappanee, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Elkhart County Coroner’s Office and the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office are conducting the investigation.
Meanwhile, local leaders react to Walorski’s tragic death.
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