UPDATE: Police ID CT Cop Injured in Taconic Crash

New York State Police are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a Connecticut police officer on the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam Valley.

They have identified the officer, from the West Haven Police Department, as 34-year-old Michael Doyle.

At about 1:50 p.m. Wednesday a group of police officers on motorcycles engaged in a training run were traveling in the southbound lane, police said. The officers were from many different police agencies from around the region.

At about the time they approached the Bryant Pond Road interchange, another vehicle began to enter the parkway from Bryant Pond Road.

As the vehicle attempted to merge, several of the motorcycles were forced to take evasive action, and two of the cycles struck each other, police said.

One of the operators, an officer from the West Haven (Connecticut) Police Department was ejected from his bike and suffered serious injuries.

He was transported by LifeNet Medevac to Westchester Medical Center.

The second rider and the other motorist were uninjured.

Any witnesses to the crash are asked to contact the State Police Cortlandt Bureau of Criminal Investigation by calling (914) 769-2600.

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