Texas Southern officer involved in crash while on motorcycle

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Around 12:50 p.m. Saturday afternoon police responded to a major accident on a service road near 5331 S Sam Houston Parkway West.

According to HPD, an off-duty Texas Southern University police officer was riding his motorcycle when he and a silver Mercedes collided.

He has not yet been identified while the cause of the accident remains unclear.

The officer was transported by an ambulance to a nearby hospital where his condition remains unknown.