A Bellevue police officer who was seriously hurt last year after falling onto Interstate 5 while on service detail for a vice presidential visit to Seattle returned to duty, the Bellevue Police Department announced Thursday.

Bereta says he still has a long road ahead of him as he may need another surgery. The officer is working on light-duty tasks until he is cleared to return to patrol duty, the chief said.

The officer was ejected from his motorcycle when he hit a guardrail, falling onto I-5 and oncoming traffic below.

While traveling on an Interstate 5 on-ramp, the Bellevue Police Department officer hit a guardrail with his motorcycle and was ejected over his handlebars, off the side of the overpass and onto oncoming traffic on southbound I-5,