Police: Bakersfield man charged in Christmas Parade car crash had BAC 3 times the driving limit

Melanie Nguyen, The Bakersfield Californian
Updated ·4 min read

Jan. 10—The man accused of crashing his truck in an incident that left three people seriously injured minutes before the annual Christmas Parade had a blood alcohol content level more than three times the legal driving limit, according to a Bakersfield Police Department probable cause statement filed in court.

The document obtained Wednesday from Kern County Superior Court also states that Alan Lewis Booth, 72, of Bakersfield's truck recorded that "the accelerator pedal was depressed 100 percent as he drove into the crowd."

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