Collision leaves motor officer injured A Huntington...

Collision leaves motor officer injured

A Huntington Beach police officer on his way to a fight reported

Downtown was injured Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a car.

Motor Officer Corwin Bales was traveling southbound around 3 p.m.

Sunday on Main Street, en route to assist other officers, when he

attempted to pass another car.

The driver of the car, a 46-year-old Huntington Beach man, made

an illegal left turn into a parking spot and collided with Bales’

motorcycle.

“Officer Bales was thrown from his police motorcycle,” said Lt. Ed

Deuel of the Huntington Beach Police Department. Bales was

transported to Hoag Hospital, where he was treated for a broken

collarbone and released.

The driver sustained no injuries from the accident and is not

facing charges, police said.

The accident is being investigated by the California Highway

Patrol.

Police pursuit

ends in arrest

The pursuit of an allegedly stolen car early Saturday led police

on a chase through three cities until the car collided with another

vehicle.

The driver of the car, Heulises Jose Ramirez, 18, of Anaheim, was

arrested and charged with vehicle theft and felony evasion after

leading police on a pursuit through Fountain Valley, Westminster and

Garden Grove, Huntington Beach Police Sgt. Dave Bunetta said.

The chase began after William Mellon, 30, of Huntington Beach,

reported his 2001 Volkswagen Jetta stolen from 11th Street and Orange

Avenue around midnight. Officers responded to the call and spotted

the stolen Jetta traveling north on Beach Boulevard.

Officers unsuccessfully tried to make a traffic stop, Bunetta

said.

The chase ended when the Jetta crashed into another vehicle.

The 31-year-old driver of the other vehicle was taken to Garden

Grove Hospital for minor injuries.

A revolver was later recovered from the Jetta.