Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski and three others were killed on the afternoon of this date, August 3, last year in a car crash.

Walorski, 58, was traveling southbound on SR 19 near Nappanee, in an SUV with two other people when their vehicle crossed the dividing line and slammed into a car head-on traveling northbound, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office. All three people in the SUV, Walorski; Zachery Potts, 27; and Emma Thomson, 28., were killed.

Thomson was Walorski's communications director and Potts was currently a district director in Indiana for the House of Representatives. Potts had worked previously as Walorski's campaign manager.

The driver of the other vehicle, Edith Schmucker, 56, was also killed in the crash.

Everyone involved was wearing their seat belt.

Potts was the driver of the Toyota RAV4 as it traveled northbound and attempted to pass another vehicle when it collided with Schmucker’s southbound Buick.

The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office handled the investigation and said evidence from the crash reconstruction, along with the airbag control module showed that the Toyota was traveling at a speed of 82 mph just seconds before the crash.

The sheriff’s office also noted that it did not appear phones were being used when the crash took place.

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