The Aug. 3 crash that killed U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski resulted from her driver, 27-year-old Zachery Potts, drifting left of center at over 80 mph, according to a Friday media release by the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office.
Analysis of Walorski’s vehicle air bag control module showed that it was traveling 82 mph five seconds before the crash. It also showed that the vehicle steered left just before the crash, which is consistent with eyewitness testimony.
After investigating the cell phones of the passengers of both vehicles, the Sheriff’s office determined that they weren’t used before or at the time of the crash.
Walorski, Potts, and Walorki’s communications director Emma Thomson, 28, all died in the crash. The driver of the other car, Edith Schmucker, 56, also was killed.
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