A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was injured and thrown off his bike late Thanksgiving evening after the driver of a red Honda possibly didn't see a red light and drove through an intersection, according to the CHP.
The officer was conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital after the accident about 9:30 p.m. Thursday but seemed to be suffering major injuries, Sgt. Eric Butwan said at the scene.
The driver, a 31-year-old Sunnyvale man, suffered a bump to his head and did not appear to be driving under the influence, according to a CHP report. Butwan described the driver as "very cooperative." He was not arrested or cited, but the investigation is still active, according to the CHP.
According the the report, two CHP officers were driving north on the Lawrence Expressway in Sunnyvale at the offramp from U.S. Highway 101. The light was green as they approached the intersection, and turned left onto southbound Lawrence Expressway. As the officers turned through the intersection, the Honda did not see that his light was red, and drove through the intersection, the CHP said, crashing into one of the CHP Officers.
The intersection was closed for about two hours.
NBC Bay Area stringer Allen Weddington contributed to this report.
