FOXBORO - The jury trial of an off-duty Mansfield police officer who allegedly struck and killed 10-year-old Rose Shatz with a landscaping truck almost 1 1/2 years ago is scheduled to begin Wednesday in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham.

A grand jury in January 2007 issued four indictments against Aaron Fine, 34, who was off duty at the time, alleging motor vehicle homicide/negligent operation, operating a motor vehicle without a license, failure to safely pass a bicyclist and operating at an unsafe speed.

The maximum penalty for misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide, is 2 1/2 years in the house of corrrection.

Fine is on unpaid leave from the Mansfield Police Department, pending the outcome of the trial.

The indictments allege Fine was negligently driving a landscaping truck owned by his family company and without the proper license for the size of the truck when he struck and killed Shatz on Dec. 2, 2006. The accident occurred as she was riding her bicycle near her Willow Street home. The child was a fourth grade student at the Burrell Elementary School. A community garden called "Rosie's Garden" was created at the school and dedicated in her memory.