A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was involved in a crash with a Miami Beach motorcycle officer Wednesday night on Florida’s Turnpike.
The crash happened at about 8:15 p.m. on the Turnpike, just south of the Southwest Eighth Street exit.
FHP officials said the Miami Beach officer was headed home — riding south on the shoulder — and that the trooper was responding to a crash with his lights and sirens on.
The trooper merged onto the shoulder to avoid traffic and then collided with the Beach officer who was thrown off of his bike and into a median.
No names have been released, but the Miami Beach officer was stable and recovering late Wednesday night at Kendall Regional Hospital.
FHP didn’t report any injuries to the trooper.