MINNEAPOLIS — A judge has dismissed an indictment against a Minnesota state trooper who was charged with manslaughter for a deadly high-speed crash.

Trooper Scott Reps, a 28-year veteran of the State Patrol, was going nearly 100 mph as he tried to respond to a motorcycle-deer collision that injured a driver in Cannon Falls on July 4, 2014. Along the way his squad car broadsided a car that failed to yield as it pulled out of a McDonald’s parking lot. A couple in the car died instantly and Reps was seriously injured. In December, a grand jury indicted Reps on charges of second-degree manslaughter and failure to drive with due care.

But District Judge David L. Knutson dismissed the indictment Thursday, according to a press release. He wrote that that Reps’ “rights were violated when he was coerced into giving a statement on threat of termination, which was later used against him for charging purposes.” And he said other pertinent information was not presented to the grand jury.

Reps, 49, of Red Wing, has remained on medical leave since the accident, in which he suffered broken arms and a broken ankle. He will resume his duties if medically able, said his attorney, Fred Bruno.

The crash killed Norman Scott, 78, and his wife, Geneva Scott, 79.

The accident reconstruction report found that Reps’ squad car skidded 120 feet before crashing at 80 mph. Speed was a clear factor, the report said, but it was Norman Scott’s responsibility to have a clear view before entering the roadway and to yield to Reps’ squad car, which had turned on its lights and siren.

The fact that Scott failed to yield as required by law was not presented to the jury, Knutson said.

“There is reasonable probability that the grand jury would have refused to indict (Reps) if the evidence was presented,” the judge wrote.