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Jackie Walorski was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2012 (2018 photo)
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Republican US Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and two of her associates have died in a car accident.
The 58-year-old politician was driving her vehicle in her home state of Indiana on Wednesday, police said.
Also in the car were her communications director, 28, and district director, 27.
A woman who was traveling in the opposite direction left the lane and collided head-on with Walorski's car.
Everyone involved died.
House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy shared a message from Walorski's office on Twitter.
"She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ," it said.
Her husband had been informed of the death by the police.
"She passionately brought the voices of her northern Indiana constituents to Congress and was admired by peers on both sides of the aisle for her personal kindness," said Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Walorski was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2012.
She was previously a member of the Indiana state legislature.
According to the New York Times, Walorski had expressed concerns about alleged voting irregularities in some states in the course of the 2020 presidential election, thereby joining Donald Trump's false statements about alleged election fraud.
According to the newspaper, she also voted against removing Trump from office last year.
The second impeachment trial came after violent Trump supporters stormed Congress.
Democratic US President Joe Biden said he was "shocked and saddened" by Walorski's death.
Walorski and he did not agree on many issues, but the MP was appreciated for her work by members of both parties.
Biden dropped the flags at half-mast on the White House.
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