Motorcycle Cop Injured by Distracted Van Driver on 405 Freeway

Personal Injury Law - Local News December 9, 2011

Westminster - A Huntington Beach police officer on a motorcycle was injured when a minivan crashed and hit him on the 405 Freeway, reports said.

Reports said the rear-end accident occurred while the police officer was attending to another minor traffic accident. The driver of the minivan said she was distracted while ‘putting down a banana’ in her vehicle and did not have enough time to slow down for the police motorcycle and hit it from behind.

The injured officer was transported to a local hospital with back pain but with no-life threatening injuries.