Paramedics transported a Kent Police motorcycle officer to a hospital for precautionary treatment after he struck a median along Central Avenue North and was ejected from the motorcycle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The accident occurred at about 7:44 p.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of Central Avenue North.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Preliminary reports indicate that the officer was responding to a dispatched call with his emergency equipment activated, according to a Kent Police media release. As he moved left to avoid traffic, he entered the center turn lane and struck the median. This caused the officer to be ejected and propel the motorcycle into the roadway.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Police were on scene within minutes of the collision and found the motorcycle officer off of his motorcycle, conscious and lying in the roadway. Fire personnel stabilized the officer and he was transported to a nearby hospital for precautionary treatment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kent Police have not yet released the name of the officer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s a seven-year veteran of the department and still hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries,” Kent Police spokesman Jarod Kasner said in an email on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n