Mass. police officer killed at construction site

Posted: 07/26/12 at 11:10 am EDT      Last Updated: 07/26/12 at 12:33 pm EDT

WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A Westfield police officer has been killed while working a detail at a construction site.

Police said the officer, whose named has not been released, was struck by a dump truck around 7:30 a.m. Thursday on Pontoosic Road in Westfield. He was later pronounced dead at a Springfield hospital.

No other information was immediately released.

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