Columbine High School — Nearby Landmark and Prior Emergency Response Site
An off-duty Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy pulled an unconscious driver from a burning Jeep Grand Cherokee on South Pierce Street near Columbine High School, yanking the man free as smoke and flames billowed from the wreck. The crash happened just before 1 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, after the Jeep struck a light pole along the busy suburban corridor.
Deputy Dobson was off duty and driving south on Pierce when he came upon the crash, according to a Facebook post from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. He found the driver slumped unconscious inside the vehicle and pulled him out as smoke and fire poured from the Jeep, while another deputy checked the wreck for additional passengers. Moments later, the sheriff’s office says, the Jeep was fully engulfed in flames…