Traffic is snarled in SoMa following a collision between a vehicle and an SFPD officer on a dirt bike at Seventh & Harrison shortly after 10am today.
#SFPD Traffic Advisory: Heavy Traffic, Harrison St (6th and 7th) Shut Down Due to Collision Involving Vehicle and SFPD Motorcycle.
— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) December 23, 2015.@SFPD Hwy 280 off ramp on 6th Street is impacted. Use alternative exit.
— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) December 23, 2015SFPD spokesman Officer Albie Esparza tells us that an officer riding a dirt bike northbound on Seventh Street as part of a motorcycle training group was struck by a Chrysler Town & Country that ran a red light heading westbound on Harrison. Esparza says that a group of tourists may have riding in the vehicle at the time of the incident.
The officer, whom Esparza notes is a veteran sergeant with SFPD, was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the van was not injured.
Helicopters are circling overhead, and bus service is being rerouted, but the streets are beginning to reopen to traffic.
ATTN: OB 27 re-routed around the area of 6th & Harrison due to police activity.
— SFMTA (@sfmta_muni) December 23, 2015.@SFPD Harrison St reopening now. 7th St (cross of Harrison) is the only street still shut down.
— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) December 23, 2015
