BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a Buckeye police officer is hospitalized with serious but not life-threatening injuries after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle.
Police say the crash occurred about 1 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Verrado Way and Indian School Road.
They say the 35-year-old officer was responding to a medical emergency call at a local elementary school when his motorcycle collided with a Jeep.
Buckeye Fire Department crews responded to the scene and treated the officer, who was airlifted to a Phoenix hospital.
The driver of the Jeep escaped injury.
The name of the officer hasn’t been released, but police say he’s been with the department for 9½ years.
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