Crash Closes 405 Freeway—Involves CHP Motorcycle Officer

June 9, 2010 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports the 405 Freeway was closed after an accident involving a California Highway Patrol officer.

The collision occurred in the northbound lanes of the 405 Freeway in the vicinity of National Boulevard at approximately 8:45 a.m. involving a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer and two other vehicles.

The officer was transported Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center after the collision in critical condition and according to one witness was in cardiac arrest.

According to California Highway Patrol spokesman Francisco Villalobos the events of accident are still vague, and there is an ongoing investigation. The crash occurred at 8:35 a.m. and the injured motorcycle officer was transported to the hospital in critical condition.

Villalobos estimates the 405 Freeway will remain closed for approximately one to two hours will investigators continue to work the scene of the crash.