ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – A police officer escorting President Bush’s motorcade was injured Friday when he apparently lost control of his motorcycle on an interstate, authorities said.

The officer was hospitalized with cuts, bruises and a broken nose, but he was coherent and responsive, said Bernalillo County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Erin Kinnard.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the officer to crash on Interstate 25, Kinnard said.

Authorities said Sgt. Jerry Nixon, a two-year veteran of the Bernalillo Police Department, was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital and was expected to remain there overnight.