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MOTORCYCLE POLICE NEWS.
Here is the article archive of headlines that have appeared in newspapers around the United States which relate to police motorcycle officers. 3/5/2008 Motorcycle officer expected to survive violent crash - Yakima, WA A Yakima motorcycle officer was badly injured this morning in a collision with another motorist on Summitview Avenue. He is expected to survive. The crash happened just before 10 a.m. when the driver of a red minivan on North 24th Avenue pulled out in front of Officer Darryl Henning, who was heading west on Summitview. The officer's Kawasaki motorcycle struck the minivan on the driver's door, caving it in and smashing the windshield. Henning was treated at the scene and taken by ambulance to a local hospital. Initial reports from police at the scene indicated he suffered a broken arm and leg, but is expected to survive. The driver of the minivan, Tim Kelly of Yakima, escaped serious injury. A resident on North 24th Avenue saw the immediate aftermath of the crash and used the officer's radio to call it in. The resident, retired Hanford Patrol Officer Art Ramirez, said the force of the crash was so violent that he discovered the officer's gun and holster 15 feet from the officer. "It knocked his watch off, too," Ramirez said. "I ran up, and all he could say was, 'What happened?' I kind of assured him he was going to be all right." Ramirez's radio request for help -- "Officer down! Officer down!" -- brought out nearly the entire brass of the Yakima Police Department, including Chief Sam Granato. The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation. Police said the officer doesn't remember what happened. Kelly, the driver of the minivan, told police the motorcycle's emergency lights were flashing.... Read the full story. 3/7/2008 Dallas police release cause of accident during Clinton motorcade - Dallas, TX Investigators have concluded that the death of a motorcycle cop occurred when the officer did not handle a curve in the road while escorting presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's motorcade, Dallas police said Friday. Dallas police Senior Cpl. Victor Lozada died Feb. 22 as he escorted Ms. Clinton's motorcade to an Oak Cliff rally. He was one of more than 30 motorcycle officers whose job it was to hold traffic at intersections as the motorcade came through Dallas. A Dallas police news release cites the investigators conclusion: "[Senior Corporal Lozada] was traveling south on Houston St. viaduct with [his] emergency equipment on. The roadway at this point turns dramatically to the right. [He] was unable to negotiate the curve and collided with the east guardrail. [Corporal Lozada] was transported to Methodist Hospital by Dallas Fire Department ambulance. He was pronounced [deceased] at 9:43 AM by [hospital staff]." Police said a "contributing factor to the accident is failure to drive in a single lane of traffic."... Read the full story. |
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