Milwaukee police motorcycle crash, video shows impact with van

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police have released video from a July crash involving a motorcycle officer and a van.

It happened near 35th and Lincoln. Police said the officer, a 44-year-old man with 10 years of service, was traveling southbound on 35th Street when a van traveling northbound on 35th Street made a left turn in front of him.

"I've had better days," the officer says in body camera video.

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Video also captured the officer being thrown from the motorcycle, but after the crash he was up and moving. He was taken to a hospital with a few cuts, a broken hand and an injured knee.

The driver of the van, a 43-year-old Milwaukee woman, stayed on scene and was cited for failing to yield. Police said the woman was not impaired.