Christmas Parade Tragedy: Driver Plows Into Spectators, Leaving 3 Seriously Injured
TL;DR
The start of a Christmas Parade in Bakersfield, California was delayed after a 72-year-old driver, Alan Booth, allegedly drove under the influence and slammed into the crowd, seriously injuring three people. The driver reversed from an alley at high speed, hitting paradegoers and a parked food truck. All three victims, men aged 21, 42, and 77, are in stable condition with serious skeletal and bone-fracture injuries. The investigation is ongoing, and Booth faces felony charges for DUI.
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