BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A drunk driver crashed through fencing and struck a father and his 8-year-old son at a food truck in Bakersfield on Sunday afternoon, leaving the child with life-threatening injuries.

Bakersfield Police responded to East California Avenue at approximately 12:09 p.m. for a major injury collision. Officers determined that a black Nissan pickup truck traveling westbound on East California Avenue veered northbound from the roadway for unknown reasons, drove through fencing and into a parking lot on the northeast corner where a food truck was set up.

The pickup truck struck an adult male father and his 8-year-old son in the parking lot. The father sustained moderate injuries while the child sustained life-threatening injuries. Both victims were transported to an a

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