Baby, 1, run over by father; Dad arrested for DUI

WOODLAND, CA - A Woodland father was arrested and faced felony driving under the influence charges after police said he accidentally drove over his 1-year-old son in a parking lot early Sunday morning, according to Woodland police investigators.

The child was transported by helicopter to the UC Davis Medical Center following the accident in the parking lot of the Masonic Lodge at 228 Palm Avenue in Woodland around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Woodland police Sgt. Steve Sexton said.

Sexton said the child's father Alejandro Ramirez Lopez, 27, was arrested on DUI and other charges and booked into the Yolo County Jail following an investigation into the accident. The circumstances that led to the accident were not immediately known.

The boy suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision. UC Davis officials could not comment on the boy's condition Sunday afternoon.