The officer, who was not identified, was taken to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. The department says the officer's injuries are not life threatening.

The department says it was around 3:30 when the northbound officer had to lay down his motorcycle in the 22900 block of Highway 99 to avoid colliding with a vehicle that had turned in front of him suddenly.

The motorcycle officer has been with the Edmonds Police Department since 1998 and has several years of motorcycle riding experience.