The vehicle that Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) was traveling in crossed the center line of the road and caused Wednesday’s crash “for reasons that are unknown at this time,” local authorities said, reversing a statement made a day prior about the incident.
Initially on Wednesday, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said that it was the other vehicle driven by Edith Schmucker that had crossed the center line and crashed head-on into the SUV occupied by Walorski, Emma Thomson, Zachery Potts. Sheriff’s officials said Potts, 27, was driving.
But in an update Thursday, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said it “obtained updated information” regarding the crash and said that previous information it provided “as to the direction of travel of the vehicles was not correct.”…