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SOUTH BEND, Indiana (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-life Republican congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN) was killed in a car crash when the driver of the SUV she was struck an oncoming car, according to a statement by local police, prompting an outpouring of grieve from pro-lifers.
Two people traveling with Walorski and the driver of the other car also died.
The crash took place Wednesday at 12:32 p.m. local time, on Indiana state road 19 south of state road 119, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office. Walorski was travelling in an SUV driven by Zachery Potts, her district manager and a local Republican official, when it crossed the median and hit an oncoming car.
Potts, Walorski’s communications director Emma Thomson, and the driver of the other car, Edith Schmuker, also died in the crash. Police have yet to determine why the SUV drifted into the oncoming lane.
An investigation into the crash is being conducted by the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office and the Elkhart County Coroner’s Office.
Walorski’s office released a statement about the crash, stating, “Dean Swihart, Jackie’s husband, was just
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