An El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries today as a result of a minor traffic crash.

On March 14, 2012 at about 3:30 p.m., an El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy was responding the area of Highway 24 and Blue Gill Road to provide traffic control due to a grass fire. The deputy was on his marked Sheriff’s Office motorcycle and was east bound on Highway 24. Near the intersection with Judge Orr Road, a vehicle parked on the east bound shoulder pulled out and made a u-turn in front of him. The motorcycle struck the drivers side of the vehicle, throwing the deputy approximately thirty feet past the point of impact.

An El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries today as a result of a minor traffic crash.

On March 14, 2012 at about 3:30 p.m., an El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy was responding the area of Highway 24 and Blue Gill Road to provide traffic control due to a grass fire. The deputy was on his marked Sheriff’s Office motorcycle and was east bound on Highway 24. Near the intersection with Judge Orr Road, a vehicle parked on the east bound shoulder pulled out and made a u-turn in front of him. The motorcycle struck the drivers side of the vehicle, throwing the deputy approximately thirty feet past the point of impact.