Motorcycle Officer Hurt in Freeway Crash
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An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer returning home on his motorcycle was seriously injured in an accident with a suspected drunk driver on the Simi Valley Freeway, authorities said Tuesday.
Robert James Kaai, 32, of Simi Valley was in an intensive care unit at Simi Valley Adventist Hospital, where he was being treated for a broken foot, cracked ribs and multiple scrapes and bruises suffered in the 11:30 p.m. accident, a Highway Patrol spokeswoman said.
Jerry Dean Jackson, 24, of Moorpark was arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving after being examined and released at the same hospital, the spokeswoman said. A passenger in the car was not injured, she said.
Jackson had just entered the freeway from the westbound Stearns Street on-ramp when he lost control on rain-slick pavement and came to a stop in the path of Kaai’s motorcycle, which struck the right front of the car, authorities said. Kaai was thrown about 60 feet, the spokeswoman said.
Kaai is assigned to the Highway Patrol’s Central office near downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.
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