SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Springfield Police Department on Saturday remembered Officer Leo Hamel, who was killed in the line of duty on Oct. 31, 1955.

Hamel died after he was pinned between two vehicles while trying to stop a vehicle driven by a patient with mental health issues, the department said.

According to police, Hamel had jumped onto the running board of the vehicle he was trying to stop. He was killed when that vehicle sideswiped a second one.

Hamel was 26 years old and had been with the department for three years, police said.

The department posted the remembrance on the anniversary of his death.

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