San Francisco, CA
South San Francisco motorcycle cop hit, injured by vehicle
This file {photograph} exhibits a police patrol car.
A South San Francisco police officer was injured after a car struck the officer’s bike in a Redwood Metropolis intersection on Tuesday afternoon, authorities mentioned.
The police officer, whose identify was not launched by authorities, was collaborating in a Saturated Site visitors Enforcement Program when a motorist didn’t cease at a cease signal and struck the officer, South San Francisco police officers mentioned in a press release on Fb. Redwood Metropolis police officers reported at about 2:45 p.m. {that a} site visitors crash occurred at Fifth Avenue and Bay Street, closing Bay Street from Fourth to Sixth avenues.
Police mentioned the officer was taken to a neighborhood hospital for remedy on average accidents. The officer was in steady situation on Tuesday night, police mentioned.
The concerned motorist sustained minor accidents, remained on the scene and was cooperating with the Police Division’s investigation, police mentioned. Authorities mentioned that medication and alcohol weren’t an element on this incident.
“We want each the Officer and the opposite driver a fast and speedy restoration,” South San Francisco police mentioned.
South San Francisco Police Corporal Jesse Ledesma informed The Chronicle that police would launch extra data at a later time.
Lauren Hernández (she/her) is a San Francisco Chronicle workers author. E-mail: lauren.hernandez@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ByLHernandez