Traffic snarled after LAPD motorcycle officer injured in crash on 405 Freeway in Bel Air

BEL AIR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was rushed to a hospital after a crash on the 405 Freeway in Bel Air that temporarily shut down all northbound lanes.

The crash happened before 4:20 p.m. Thursday near Skirball Center Drive in the Sepulveda Pass during the afternoon rush hour.

Details on what led up to the crash were not immediately available, but it appeared a Tesla vehicle was involved.

Aerial footage showed paramedics treating the injured officer in the middle of the freeway. The officer was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital in unknown condition.

Traffic was backed up for miles during the shutdown and later on when some lanes reopened.