A Salt Lake police officer was taken to an area hospital to be examined after his motorcycle crashed Friday evening near an I-15 onramp.

A police dispatcher said the injuries were not serious. The officer, whose name was not released, suffered "road rash" at worst after his motorcycle went down near 400 South and 600 West, the dispatcher said.

She said it was unclear why the motorcycle crashed or whether the officer was responding to any police calls at the time. No other vehicles seem to have been involved, she said.

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