Ex-Trooper's Trial For Fatal Rochester Crash Moved to March…

Car Crash Rochester Minnesota in Rochester, Minnesota: Former Minnesota State Trooper Shane Roper, 34, of Hayfield, is accused of causing a fatal multi-vehicle crash in Rochester in May 2024. According to charges, Roper was speeding at more than 80 mph in his State Patrol squad car without emergency lights activated when he caused a collision at the entrance to Apache Mall that killed 18-year-old Olivia Flores of Owatonna and injured five other people, including Roper himself. Roper faces felony charges of second-degree manslaughter, criminal vehicular homicide, and criminal vehicular operation in Olmsted County Court, with his trial rescheduled to begin the week of January 1, 2025.