FORESTHILL, Calif. — A Sacramento police officer was injured Wednesday morning when their motorcycle hit a deer.
The Sacramento Police Department said the officer was injured during a training ride in Foresthill, Calif. Auburn Area California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers responded to the crash around 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday morning on Foresthill Road, east of Michigan Bluff Road.
When CHP officers got there, they saw several Sacramento police motorcycle officers on the scene and were told that "one of their officers was involved in the crash," according to a press release.
CHP said that the Sacramento police motorcycle squad was doing a training ride while riding westbound on Foresthill Road, going about 45 mph. A deer suddenly ran directly in the path of one of the motorcycle officers. The officer tried to avoid the deer by swerving right, but was unable to avoid it and ended up crashing into the deer.
CHP said that the force from the impact ejected the officer from the motorcycle and ended up killing the deer.
The officer was airlifted by the CHP helicopter to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with moderate injuries. The Sacramento Police Department and CHP did not give the name of the officer that was injured, just that he was a 36-year-old man.
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