Portland motorcycle cop struck by SUV, hurt

By KATU Web Staff Published: Apr 5, 2008 at 10:17 AM PST
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PORTLAND, Ore. - A Portland police officer was hurt early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle struck his motorcycle, police said.

The officer, 31-year-old Christopher Cass, suffered a separated shoulder, abrasions and bruises, police said. He was treated and released from an area hospital Saturday morning.

According to police, Cass was heading east on Southeast Washington Street over the Interstate 205 overpass when a 1980s Chevy Blazer heading the same direction turned left into the motorcycle near 92nd Avenue about 1 a.m. 

Police said the driver of the Blazer, 22-year-old Andrew Lee Lamb of Vancouver, Wash., was not impaired or speeding and was not injured. He also was not cited.