{"id":306790,"date":"2026-05-08T23:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306790\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:40:09","slug":"chp-officer-injured-after-being-struck-while-assisting-motorist-on-fresno-freeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306790\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP Officer Injured After Being Struck While Assisting Motorist on Fresno Freeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer who was struck from behind while assisting a disabled vehicle on a Fresno freeway Thursday evening suffered serious injuries but has since been released from the hospital, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened on Highway 99 near Highway 180 as the CHP officer was moving to help a disabled vehicle, according to CHP Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the impact threw the officer onto the hood of the vehicle and then into active traffic lanes.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The officer was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries. CHP said he has since been released and is recovering at home.<\/p>\n<p>The agency credited several citizens and an off-duty nurse practitioner who stopped immediately after the crash to provide aid and help protect the injured officer from oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n<p>CHP did not release the officer\u2019s name or provide details about the driver involved in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The crash comes during Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, which CHP said serves as a reminder of the dangers motorcyclists and law enforcement officers face on the road each day.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities urged drivers to slow down, stay alert, avoid distractions, and watch carefully for motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0Anthony W. Haddad\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer who was struck from behind while assisting a disabled vehicle on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-306790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306790","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=306790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}