Officer Hurt in Motorcycle Crash on 101
A Los Angeles police officer broke his shoulder after his motorcycle crashed on the Ventura Freeway during rush hour Wednesday morning.
Officer Ken Hobbs, 50, a Calabasas resident assigned to the LAPD’s West Los Angeles Traffic Division, was eastbound just east of Las Virgenes Road when his bike was rear-ended by a car, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
“The impact totaled the motorcycle and ejected him onto the ground,” CHP Officer Dwight McDonald said.
Hobbs was airlifted by county paramedics to UCLA Medical Center, where hospital officials said he was in good condition and being treated for a badly broken shoulder and cuts and bruises. He was admitted to undergo surgery.
The accident snarled freeway traffic for more than two hours.
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