Breaking: Republican Congresswoman Jackie Walorski Killed in Car Crash

Republican Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana was killed in a car crash on Wednesday, along with a member of her county’s GOP and a member of her congressional team.

The accident happened at 12:32 P.M. in Elkhart County on roadway S.R. 19 south of S.R. 119 when a northbound passenger car traveled left of center and collided head on with a southbound vehicle, Erica Finke of WSBT News reported. Walorski, Zachary Potts with the St. Joseph County Republican Party, Walorski’s communications director Emma Thompson, and the driver of the other car all passed away.

A statement from Walorski’s office released after the incident was shared on twitter by House minority leader Kevin McCarthy. It read: “Dean Swihart, Jackie’s husband, was just informed by the Elkhart County Sheriff’s office that Jackie was killed in a car accident this afternoon. She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers. We will have no further comment at this time.”

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