Update: Man dies after being struck by alleged DUI mom, traveling with kids in car

A Hanford mother is accused of hitting a pedestrian while driving drunk with her two toddlers in the car, according to the Hanford Police Department.

Marsino Salas, 55, died Friday, Hanford Police reported on Saturday morning.

Desiree Monique Parker, 32, allegedly hit Salas in her two-door black Pontiac on Thursday outside the Smart and Final on Lacey Boulevard.

When officers arrived just before 7 p.m., Parker had driven off, police said in a news release.

Salas was lying on the ground with his face covered in blood. He was unable to move or speak and was taken to Kaweah Delta Medical Center with serious injuries.

An officer found Parker on Wilson Lane and Lacey Boulevard a short time later. Her children, ages 2 and 4 years old, were in the car with her. She was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol, according to police.

Marijuana and drug paraphernalia was found in her car after a search, Hanford police say.

She was arrested on suspicion of DUI causing injury, hit and run causing injury, child endangerment and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was booked into the Kings County Jail on $165,000 bail.

Both her children were given to Child Protective Services, police said.

This story was originally published August 30, 2019 at 7:56 PM.