A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was in stable condition
Saturday after colliding with a pickup truck on Interstate 5, police said.

The cause of the crash was under investigation.

LAPD Officer Timothy Kay was headed northbound on I-5 north of the Tejon
Summit at an unknown speed when he collided with the left rear of a red 2001
Chevrolet pickup traveling in the No. 2 traffic lane about 6:23 a.m.
Saturday, according to a news release issued by the California Highway
Patrol.

The collision sent Kay, who lives in Frazier Park, out of control and he was
ejected. The officer suffered a broken right arm, minor cuts on his forehead
and a major cut on the back of his head, police said.

He was taken to University of Southern California Medical Center via air
ambulance.

A CHP officer could not be reached Saturday to comment on whether injuries
were sustained by Joel Lopez of Artesia, who was in the pickup.