A fire truck near the end of Denver's celebratory parade for the Nugget's NBA finals victory hit a police officer, who was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, authorities said Thursday morning.
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A fire truck carrying Denver Nuggets players struck and injured a police officer amid a celebratory parade for the team's first NBA championship on Thursday, about an hour before two people were injured during a shooting just blocks away. The fire truck was carrying Nuggets players Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, as well as the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. They were moved to another truck to take them the last few blocks of the parade route. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas identified the injured officer during a news conference as Justin Dodge, a sergeant assigned to the SWAT division and someone whom he called a "very decorated officer." Thomas told reporters the officer was trying to protect event-goers who made their way in front of the fire truck, and "had to step kind of closer to the vehicle and the fire truck began to roll up the back of his left leg, trapping him underneath the vehicle." The officer was rescued from underneath the truck and was