An alleged drunken driver struck a 6-year-old boy and drove through several yards before crashing into a house Tuesday night in Spokane Valley.

The child was taken to the hospital for serious injuries and the driver, John E. Lassey, 69, was jailed on suspicion of vehicular assault, according to a Spokane Valley Police Department news release.

Lassey has past convictions for driving while intoxicated, including when he was sentenced to 90 days in the Spokane County Jail in 2007, according to Spokesman-Review court listings.

Deputies responded shortly before 8 p.m. to the crash on North Calvin Road near Wellesley Avenue, about one block from Trentwood Elementary School, according to the release. Deputies believed Lassey was driving north on Calvin Road when he tried to turn around and los

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