DALLAS -- A Dallas police officer was injured in a crash just before a funeral procession was set to take place to honor one of the officers killed in last week's downtown Dallas attack.
The officer, who was on a motorcycle, crashed near State Highway 161 and Gateway in Irving just after 10 a.m.
@_KeithFletcher @DFWscanner possible PD motorcycle down pic.twitter.com/tiNh055iGm
— Andy Dettmer (@andy_dettmer) July 13, 2016
Northbound 161 near Gateway is now closed.
NB 161 at Gateway shut down due to accident
— Irving Police Dept. (@IrvingPD) July 13, 2016
Dallas police say the officer is stable at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Irving police say the officer was slowing down traffic ahead of where the funeral procession for DPD Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens was headed.
The officer, who had his lights on, took "evasive action" to avoid colliding with a vehicle.
DPD says the officer wasn't part of the actual procession itself, and he was awake and communicating after the incident.
