UPDATE: According to the Minnesota State Patrol, both the driver and the trooper have what are being described as minor injuries. The agency says the trooper was responding to a driving complaint. The Rochester Police Department is investigating the crash.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety officials confirmed Shane Roper, who was a Minnesota State Trooper when he was involved in a deadly Rochester crash, is no longer employed by the Minnesota State Patrol after being criminally charged.

A Rochester woman was killed in a head-on crash on Highway 52 north of Zumbrota on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. A 2023 Toyota Tacoma was traveling northbound in the Highway 52 southbound lanes near milepost 90 when it collided with a 2021 Chevrolet Equinox and 2017 Jeep Compass around 1:12 a.

GOODHUE COUNTY, Minn. - One person was killed and another left in critical condition from a three-vehicle collision overnight. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened near mile marker 90 on Highway 52 in Goodhue County at around 1:12 am Saturday.

A woman was killed and two others were injured when a wrong-way driver caused a three-vehicle crash north of Rochester, with police saying alcohol was likely involved. The crash was reported shortly after 1 a.