South Bend officer pinned between 2 vehicles

• Reprints

Updated: February 18, 2012 11:23PM

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A South Bend police officer has been struck by a vehicle while helping other officers investigate a traffic accident.

Police spokesman Capt. Phil Trent says the accident occurred about noon Saturday on the northern Indiana city’s northwest side.

Trent says Sgt. Brian Kendall was off duty and was assisting at an accident scene when one of the cars moved, and he was pinned between two cars. Trent says Kendall was taken to a nearby hospital with a possible compound fracture of his leg.

Kendall is a school resource officer assigned to Riley High School in South Bend.