Motorcycle officer involved in accident on 110 Freeway, forcing closure of several lanes [Updated]
An LAPD motorcycle officer was involved in an accident on the southbound 110 Freeway south of downtown Thursday, shutting down the carpool lane and the two left freeway lanes, authorities said.
The accident occurred near Slauson Avenue, California Highway Patrol officials said. Details of the crash were not immediately available. The officer was taken to the hospital.
[Updated at 8 a.m.: Authorities initially said the officer was unharmed.]
The lanes are expected to be closed until about 8:15 a.m., authorities said.
-- Stephen Ceasar
EDITOR'S PICKS:
I was on the 110 Fwy right when this happened and it was infuriating! ONE friggin cop on a motorcycle falls over and they shut down the entire fwy, had over 8-9 squad cars, and at lesat 11-12 other cop motorcycles on scene. I drove through Long Beach on Tue and saw an overturned big rig and that only warranted 2 cop cars and a wrecker...what a waste of tax payers' dollars and an inrresponsible allocation of resources.
HE'S JUST A DUDE ON A MOTORCYCLE....GET YOUR LAZY ASSES BACK TO WORK AND HELP PREVENT ADD'L ACCIDENTS!
Posted by: bdg | November 04, 2010 at 09:57 AM