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AV CHP officer suffers major injuries in crash with pickup truck

by The AV Times Staff • November 24, 2020 10 Comments

The CHP motorcycle crashed into the front end of the truck and the officer was ejected off the motorcycle. [Image by BRYAN HALL]
QUARTZ HILL – A 27-year-old California Highway Patrol officer was hospitalized with major injuries Monday night after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck that was towing a utility trailer in the Quartz Hill area, authorities said.

The crash happened around 7:05 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, on Avenue N east of 34th Street West, according to a California Highway Patrol report.

The officer was “on duty, in full uniform, driving a black and white California Highway Patrol Harley-Davidson motorcycle eastbound Avenue N” when the driver of an eastbound Ford F-150 pickup (identified as 33-year-old Zachary J. Thomas of Quartz Hill,) “drove past his destination and pulled onto the south dirt shoulder,” the CHP report states.

“Thomas pulled away from the dirt shoulder to execute a U-turn, directly into the path of the CHP motorcycle,” the CHP report states.

The motorcycle crashed into the front end of the truck and the officer was ejected off the motorcycle. Both the officer and the motorcycle came to rest on the north side of the road, according to the CHP report.

The officer was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital with major injuries. His name was not released, but he is a 27-year-old man from Palmdale who is assigned to the Antelope Valley Area California Highway Patrol Office, according to the CHP report.

Neither alcohol nor drugs were suspected as factors in the crash, and no arrest was reported.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to contact Officer S. Lewis at the CHP Antelope Valley Area Office at 661-948-8541.

Both the officer and the motorcycle came to rest on the north side of the road. [BRYAN HALL]

Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Palmdale

10 comments for "AV CHP officer suffers major injuries in crash with pickup truck"

  1. Linda says

    December 2, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    Smh

    Nowhere in the article do you see the word “accident”. It’s a crash or a traffic collision, not an accident.

    Reply
  2. U-Turn says

    November 24, 2020 at 11:14 pm

    Zachary needs driver training.

    Reply
    • Boutros Broutos Golly says

      November 25, 2020 at 5:46 am

      Are you related to U Thant, the 3rd Secretary General of the United Nations?

      Reply
  3. Ray says

    November 24, 2020 at 2:56 pm

    Can you believe that somebody would just start a u-turn from the shoulder -without looking in the mirror first!?! How could you be so STUPID?! was he distracted by having to remember to breathe? There are mistakes and accidents but, to me this is like another level of events. There are individuals out there playing russian roulette with moving vehicles. There should be a criminal charge for making such an INEXCUSABLY STUPID mistake..and this jughead should have the book thrown at him . punishable by castration – to prevent reproduction of humans with such a low intelligence level. @$!#&@!!

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    • Sike says

      November 24, 2020 at 9:55 pm

      lol

      Reply
    • Smh says

      November 25, 2020 at 2:59 am

      Ray that’s why it’s called accident , it’s not done on purpose. People make mistakes but I guess you lived a perfect life and never made a mistake in your life smh .

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      • Janice says

        December 20, 2020 at 7:20 pm

        No it was probably phone related some many IDIOTS still don’t stay off their phones it’s a complete distraction and its always the innocent person getting hurt and killed…may he RIHEAVEN always

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    • ANNON says

      November 25, 2020 at 5:50 am

      Well said, Ray.

      Reply
    • EXAV says

      December 21, 2020 at 12:27 am

      @Ray….Yes, it happens all the time on What planet do you live where castration is the answer to a vehicle collision? Hysteria.

      Reply
    • Barney Fife says

      December 21, 2020 at 7:25 am

      Oh, Ray

      You stepped in it with your comment.

      You said you need to look in your mirror. WRONG!

      You are to turn your head when making a U-turn or changing lanes.

      You thought you were so smart.

      Reply

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