WOODBURY, Minn. — Allan Olson remembers hearing his son Jacob screaming in pain on the side of a dirt road. He remembers the gaping gash on his son’s arm as he crawled over to help him.

“That’s the first thing I see, a very large gash on your own kid who was screaming at the top of his lungs,” Olson said. “And he goes, ‘Dad, there’s a lot of blood, and it’s collecting behind my back. I can feel it running down.’ So, I felt a lot of fear, quick.”

Olson, an off-duty Woodbury police officer, and his 18-year-old son were hit by an impaired driver Aug. 11 while they were on an ATV during a family vacation in Itasca County. The two survived their injuries and have been in recovery since. Olson is relearning how to walk, and his son lost mobility in his hand.

Their family, along with the Minne

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