The Denver police sergeant, whose leg was seriously injured during the Nuggets’ NBA championship parade in June, had the limb amputated last week, department officials confirmed Monday.
Sergeant Justin Dodge was standing in front of a fire truck carrying Denver Nuggets players during the June 15 parade, trying to protect paradegoers who had taken to the street, when the truck rolled over his left leg, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said at a news conference that afternoon.
Dodge had surgery that day, but Dr. Denver Health Medical Center’s emergency room chief Stephen Wolf said at the press conference that Dodge’s injuries could threaten his leg.
A spokesman for the Denver Police Department said in an email Tuesday that Dodge underwent an amputation and skin graft procedure last week that was unknown and was released from the hospital Monday night.
He continues to recover at home, a spokesman said.
A website in the name of Dodge, sgtjustindodge.comwas created to raise support for Dodge and his family and links to a donation page created by the Denver Police Foundation.
A spokesperson for the Denver Police Foundation said they are not the fundraiser organizers, but merely the vehicle to accept donations on behalf of Dodge’s family.
The donation website also lists an event called the GI and No-GI Seminar, scheduled at the National Western Complex on August 27 to support Dodge’s recovery efforts.
“We cannot express how filled our hearts are with the love, support, prayers and concern shown to our family,” the Dodge family said in a statement. a message on the donation page. “Despite how difficult the past few weeks have been, it is only when we reflect on this outburst of concern that we are caught up and overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude. Although a thank you is not enough to repay your kindness, thank you anyway.”
A spokesman for the Denver Police Department said sgtjustindodge.com and the Denver Police Foundation donation page are the only donation websites authorized by the family.
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