Minnesota trooper charged after patrol car slams into cheerleader's vehicle 'full throttle,' killing her
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A Minnesota state trooper struck the passenger side of a Ford Focus in May with a patrol car and killed a teenager shortly before her graduation, prosecutors allege.
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Oliva Flores, 18, who was in the passenger seat, was killed. Five others were injured but survived.
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