
SWAT Member Who Lost Lower Leg After Being Run Over by Fire Truck at Nuggets Parade Stages Comeback
Published on July 2, 2024
DENVER—The final fire truck rolled through the streets of Denver for the Nuggets’ celebratory parade a year ago, carrying Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and the franchise’s first NBA championship trophy. The truck suddenly stopped following a right turn around a corner. An instant later, chaos. On the concrete, amid the noise and celebrations, police Sgt. Justin Dodge found himself fighting for his life, his left foot run over by the front wheel of the 80,000-pound vehicle. There, in the street, he made a vow—that if the tourniquets held and if rescue workers got him to the hospital in time aboard an all-terrain vehicle, he would stage an epic comeback....
