A motorcycle officer with the Slidell (LA) Police Department was involved in a traffic collision on Tuesday while escorting a funeral. He is reportedly now in stable condition at a New Orleans hospital and slowly improving, according to WDSU-TV .
Officer Jason Seals was participating in the funeral escort on his patrol motorcycle when a vehicle unexpectedly pulled out in front of him, causing him to strike the vehicle and be ejected from his motorcycle, the department said on Facebook .