DPS trooper dies after being struck on I-35 in Temple

TEMPLE, Texas (KWKT and KXAN) — A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper died Saturday after being struck by a pickup truck while conducting a traffic stop in Temple, Texas, said DPS.
DPS said Senior Trooper Thomas Nipper, 63, was conducting a traffic stop on the southbound shoulder of Interstate at about 3:05 p.m. Saturday when his patrol car was struck from behind by a Chevrolet pickup.
The trooper was transported to Scott & White Medical Center – Temple in serious