A police officer was hit by a vehicle while working a traffic detail on Monday in Brookline, Massachusetts, authorities confirmed. The incident happened near the Dexter Southfield School, which is located off Newton Street in the southern end of the town.

A Brookline police officer is alert and conscious after he was struck by a car near the Dexter Southfield School Monday morning, the department said. At around 7:30 a.m., the Brookline Police Department learned that an officer on traffic detail was struck by a car,

An investigation is underway after a police officer was struck by a car while working a traffic detail outside of a private school in Brookline on Monday morning, officials said. The officer was working the detail in front of the Dexter Southfield School at 20 Newton Street when he was struck around 7:30 a.