Los Angeles police officer
was pinned under a vehicle and the southbound 5 Freeway was shut down for
several hours Tuesday following a traffic collision in Santa Clarita, the California Highway Patrol said.
The
motorcycle officer became pinned under a vehicle during the collision that occurred
north of Lyons Avenue just after 5:15 a.m., said L.A. County Fire supervising
dispatcher Eddie Pickett.
The
officer was driving to work when his motorcycle became entangled with a blue
tarp that may have flown off another vehicle on the highway, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday.
The
tarp became entangled with the officer's motorcycle, causing him to crash and
become trapped under another vehicle. Beck described the officer's injuries as
"very, very serious," but said he is in stable condition at Henry
Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia.
Beck
declined to identify the officer, who has two teenage children, but said
members of the officer's family are being flown down from Northern California.
“I
ask everybody’s thoughts and prayers to be with him," Beck said during a
press briefing on Tuesday.
The
crash forced the CHP to shut down all southbound lanes at Lyons Avenue about
5:45 a.m. said CHP Officer Peter Nicholson. Source:
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