Funeral set for DPS trooper killed in crash on I-35

TEMPLE, Texas (KXAN/KWKT) — Funeral services for a DPS trooper killed while working a traffic stop has been set for later this week.
Trooper Thomas Nipper, 63, died on Saturday when a driver in a pickup truck slammed into the back of his patrol car, a Dodge Charger, while he was sitting in it. DPS says Nipper had pulled over a Mazda passenger car on southbound Interstate 35 near mile 296 — near US Highway 290 in Temple, Texas when he was hit around 3:05 p.m.
The passenger in the