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A speeding Minnesota state trooper T-boned the passenger side of a Ford Focus "at full throttle" and killed a high school cheerleader shortly before her graduation, according to court documents. Trooper Shane Roper, 32, allegedly hit speeds as high as 135 mph — 99 mph over the speed limit — without his lights and sirens during one of the four times he was speeding on May 18 before blasting the side of the Focus. Oliva Flores, 18, who was in the passenger seat, was killed.
Five others were injured but survived. This week, Roper was charged with manslaughter, criminal vehicular homicide and five counts of criminal vehicular operation causing substantial bodily harm – gross negligence. INSIDE THE DEMENTED DUNGEON OF A SUSPECTED ‘SILENCE-OF-THE-LAMBS’ KILLER Olivia Flores, 18, was killed in a May 18 crash involving a speeding Minnesota state trooper.
(Amber Will/Amber Will Photography) Flores' family said in a July 10 statement through a GoFundMe organizer that this week "has been a lot to handle." "Learning they lost their only daughter in a car crash that was no accident is a new level of pain," the organizer, Michael Otte, said. "To say they had to relive it all over again is a gross understatement.
WEALTHY FAMILY MADE MAJOR MONEY MOVES DAYS BEFORE MANSION MURDER-SUICIDE "An accident you can forgive in time, but gross repeated negligence is another story. This was 100% preventable.