A Vancouver father has died, and his 6-year-old son remains in critical condition after a driver under suspicion of DUI struck them in a crosswalk Wednesday, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) announced .

At approximately 1:20 p.m., VPD arrived at the 6400 block of N.E. 137th Ave. in Vancouver after hearing reports that a driver had hit a man and his six-year-old son.

First responders found the man lying dead in the roadway, and his son, 10 feet away in a nearby ditch. The child was taken to Randall Children’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries and remains in critical condition as of this reporting.

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