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Judge postpones ‘Bachelor’ Chris Soules fatal accident trial

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Former “Bachelor” star Chris Soules appears for a hearing in Buchanan County District Court on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, in Independence, Iowa. The charges against him stem from his rear-end crash that killed a farmer driving a tractor. | Rodney White/The Des Moines Register via AP, Pool

DES MOINES, Iowa — The January trial for an Iowa farmer-turned-reality television star charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident last year has been rescheduled.

Chris Soules who appeared on “The Bachelor” and “Dancing With The Stars” had been scheduled to face a jury trial on Jan. 18. On Monday, Judge Andrea Dryer approved his attorney’s motion to postpone.

No new trial date has been set. Dryer has said it should begin before May 7.

Soules lost a legal battle Friday in the felony case when Dryer denied his motion to dismiss the charge. He claims Iowa’s law requiring the surviving driver in a fatal accident to remain at the scene until police arrive is unconstitutional.

Soules’ attorneys say he will appeal that ruling to the Iowa Supreme Court.

Associated Press

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