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.
The fire truck struck the Denver police officer near the end of the parade route at the intersection of West 13th Avenue and Cherokee Street, according to a Denver Police posting on Twitter at 11:50 a.m.
Crowds were thick in the area. “I did see them pick the man up and shuttle him off in sort of an oversized golf cart that the sheriff’s department uses,” a reporter at the scene said via text.