JACKIE WALORSKI

Political leaders honored Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana as a determined advocate for her beliefs during a funeral after she and three other people were killed in a highway crash last week.

The Indiana congresswoman was killed in a car crash Aug. 3, leaving her seat vacant.

The funeral for Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski will be held next week in her home state of Indiana, where she and three other people were killed in a head-on highway collision.

A speeding car ran a red light and plowed into cars in a crowded intersection Thursday in a fiery crash that killed five people, including a baby, just outside of Los Angeles. (Aug. 5)

Authorities originally said it was the other vehicle that crossed the center line, but they updated their findings based on new video and eyewitness evidence.

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Police have changed their description of the crash that killed Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, saying that it was the SUV in which she was a passenger that crossed a state highway’s centerline and caused the head-on crash.

Police have changed their description of the crash that killed Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, saying that it was the SUV in which she was a passenger crossed a state highway’s centerline and caused the head-on crash.

Police have changed their description of the crash that killed Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, saying Thursday that it was the SUV in which she was a passenger that crossed a state highway’s centerline and caused the head-on crash. Walorski and two members of her congressional staff died in the Wednesday afternoon crash in northern Indiana, along with the woman driving the other vehicle, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said. The department’s initial account of the crash was that the car driven by Edith Schmucker, 56, Nappanee, Indiana, crossed into the SUV’s path, but the office released a statement Thursday saying investigators had talked with witnesses and viewed video evidence that their preliminary determination of which direction the vehicles were traveling was incorrect.

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Elkhart County police say witnesses and video confirm Schmucker not the one who crossed the center line, leading to the fatal crash.

Authorities originally said it was the other vehicle that crossed the center line, but have updated their findings based on new video and eyewitness evidence.

Rep. Jackie Walorski's office said, "She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ," in a statement.

The 58-year-old Republican lawmaker was killed Wednesday in a car accident in her northern Indiana District, according to her office.

Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed Wednesday in a car accident in her northern Indiana District, according to her office.

Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski has been killed in a car accident in her northern Indiana District.

The incident occurred just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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