Officer Hurt in Accident on Way to Crash
A CHP officer was injured en route to a traffic accident Friday when he drove his patrol car over a steep embankment to avoid colliding with a car in his path, the California Highway Patrol said.
Officer Scott Weldy, 42, a 15-year veteran, suffered moderate injuries to his head, neck and back during the 9:10 a.m. crash, just off the northbound Antelope Valley Freeway, north of Crown Valley Road, Officer Tom Hastain said.
Weldy was about a mile away from a crash involving a Caltrans truck when he swerved to avoid a car and drove into a center divider before tumbling 100 feet down an embankment, Hastain said. No arrests were made in connection with the crash.
No injuries were reported in the crash involving the Caltrans truck, Officer Gil Torres said. Roberto Perovich, 21, of Lancaster, fell asleep at the wheel of his Toyota pickup and struck the Caltrans truck that was traveling about 10 m.p.h., Torres said.
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