WEST HAVEN — A West Haven police officer in the department’s motorcycle unit has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in New York.
West Haven police said Officer Michael Doyle, 34, was injured while taking part in a motorcycle training class with the Yonkers, New York police department on the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam Valley just before 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say two of the motorcycles struck each other after taking evasive action when a vehicle attempted to merge onto the parkway.
Doyle was ejected from his motorcycle. He was taken to the Westchester Medical Center with serious injuries.
Police say the second rider and the motorist were uninjured.