Denver security guard injured while protecting child after vehicle crashed
DENVER CO September 3 2019— Justin Ward said he did what any other person would have done.
He was working as a security guard at the Taste of Colorado festival Sunday evening when he heard a crash through a barricaded area. When he looked over, he saw the headlights of a SUV barreling toward him and a young child, he said.
“I turned and let the vehicle hit me so that way the kid wouldn’t get hit,” Ward said.
The child was not injured.
After he was hit, Ward was able to get up and chase the car, he said.
He was struck around 14th Avenue and Broadway and said about a block away, he was able to jump through the driver’s window and change the gears to stop the vehicle.
“I pulled (the driver) out of the vehicle and we got him down to the ground until police showed up,” Ward said.
Ward said his left side hurt after the incident, but he didn’t go to the hospital because he didn’t think he could afford the bills.
“I did what any normal person would’ve done,” he said.
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