(Reuters) – Congresswoman Jackie Walorski of Indiana died in a car accident on Wednesday, U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said.
Three other people were killed in the crash, a collision of two vehicles near the Indiana town of Nappanee, north of Indianapolis, ABC57 TV reported, citing a police statement.
The TV station and other local media said the others killed included Walorski’s communications director Emma Thomson and Zachery Potts, a local Republican county chair.
Walorski’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Walorski, 58, a Republican, was a lifelong resident of Indiana, according to her official biography. Representing Indiana’s 2nd congressional district, She served on the House Ways and Means Committee and as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Leslie Adler)
