The probe into the August crash that killed U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and three others faulted the driver of the SUV she was riding in for trying to make an unsafe pass.
that killed U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and three others faulted the driver of the SUV she was riding in for trying to make an unsafe pass.
The Aug. 3 collision took place in Walorski’s district on State Route 19, a two-lane roadway near the town of Wakarusa, about 21 miles southeast of South Bend. Potts had slowed to create distance with the flat-bed, then accelerated to 82 mph to make the pass, sheriff's investigators said in a statement.
"The Toyota was then observed accelerating to a high rate of speed, closing the distance to the unidentified truck," the sheriff's office said."As the Toyota neared the rear of the truck, it swerved into the southbound lane at which it collided with the southbound Buick."
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