Officer involved crash in Sherwood
A Hillsboro Police motorcycle officer has been involved in a crash in Sherwood.
At approximately 1:40 p.m., a witness called to report seeing the officer lying in the road at Southwest Pacific Highway and Northwest Meinecke Parkway. The witnesses said the officer had been hit by a vehicle.
Hillsboro Police Lt. Michael Rouches said Officer Clint Chrz was working a multi-agency traffic detail and had stopped a vehicle along Highway 99W at Northwest Meinecke Parkway in Sherwood. He had parked his motorcycle and was standing next to the vehicle he had pulled over when another vehicle hit the cycle, which in turn hit him.
Chrz was taken to the hospital via LifeFlight and was in stable condition.
“This is one of those days that make us all stop and think,” Rouches said. “We’re just happy that it looks like he’ll be okay.”
Chrz, a nine-year veteran of the Hillsboro Police Department, has been a motorcycle officer for four years.
Police were questioning the driver of the vehicle that hit the motorcycle. Rouches did not have information about any possible citations.
The northbound lanes of Highway 99W were closed from Northwest Meinecke Parkway to Sunset Boulevard.