Returning to a motorcycle safety class from lunch, two police officers crashed their bikes into one another in Jefferson County this afternoon.
The officers — one from Lafayette, the other from Northglenn — were thrown from their motorcycles when one bike clipped the other, as a group of motorcycle cops were getting onto C-470 at West Ken Caryl Avenue about 12:30 p.m., according to the Colorado State Patrol.
The officers, who have not been named, were taken to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, said Trooper Heather Cobbler.
Neither officer was cited today, but the collision remains under investigation, she said.
The crash temporarily closed C-470.
Thirty-three officers were taking part in a weeklong motorcycle training school for advanced riders at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison. The class is being put on by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.
“They are all experienced riders,” said Jefferson County Sheriff’s spokesman Mark Techmeyer.
