{"id":305858,"date":"2026-05-08T11:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305858\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:31:15","slug":"chp-officer-injured-in-crash-near-fresno-highway-transition-ramp-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305858\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP officer injured in crash near Fresno highway transition ramp, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Fresno Bee;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Fresno Bee\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"266\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-12\/37ec2ce0-5e8c-11ec-b1fb-0027018c0b4f.jpeg\"\/><\/a>Fri, May 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"773\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fresno_bee_mcclatchy_299\/237f114f239cca3498fb1b54ecb27878.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Traffic came to a stop on Highway 99 past Belmont after a CHP officer was injured in a crash near the transition to Highway 180 on Thursday, May 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p> (Caltrans)<\/p>\n<p>A California Highway Patrol officer was injured in a crash on a Fresno highway Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>CHP spokesperson Mike Salas said the crash happened at 6:18 p.m. on southbound Highway 99, near the transition to Highway 180, when the officer spotted a disabled vehicle on the right shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>Salas said the officer was slowing down to render aid when a vehicle struck the patrol motorcycle from behind.<\/p>\n<p>The officer was ejected onto the roadway and suffered moderate injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The officer was taken to Community Regional Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to Salas, the driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic on the highway was gridlocked following the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, May 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM UTC Traffic came to a stop on Highway 99 past Belmont&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[859,1701,112,114,113,6800],"class_list":["post-305858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-california-highway-patrol","tag-community-regional-medical-center","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-mike-salas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}