Utah Woman Charged After Crash Kills Michigan Trooper

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From the Associated Press — A Utah woman has been charged with second-degree murder after a state trooper died, three weeks after a crash in western Michigan. Caleb Starr’s death was announced Friday night. He was driving in Ionia County’s Boston Township on July 10 when a vehicle crossed the center line and smashed into his patrol car. The other driver, Thomasina Jones, was charged with
second-degree murder and other offenses related to drinking and driving. She’s from the Four Corners region in southern Utah. Jones appeared in court and was ordered to jail without bond. Starr was 33 years old. He graduated from trooper school in 2019.