DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa (WHO-TV) — An Earlham man is facing charges after law enforcement says he was responsible for a crash that seriously injured his 8-month-old son. On December 20, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a head-on crash at the intersection of Maple Street and Guthrie Street in De Soto. According to court records, witnesses reported that a Chevrolet Suburban was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes at a high rate of speed before colliding with a Chevrolet Silverado.

Court records say that the driver of the Suburban, 24-year-old Dakota Pratt, and his 8-month-old son were transported to a hospital for treatment. The 8-month-old suffered a subdural hemorrhage from the crash.

According to a criminal complaint, deputies found a Budweiser can on the floor of the front, passenger side of Pratt’s vehicle. Deputies also noted that when they spoke to Pratt at the hospital, they detected an odor of alcohol from him and that his eyes were bloodshot and watery.

A search warrant was obtained to take a blood sample from Pratt, which a criminal complaint says showed a blood alcohol level of .065. The legal limit in Iowa is .08. The blood also tested positive for marijuana metabolites.

On Tuesday, Pratt was booked into the Dallas County Jail on a $15,000 cash/surety bond for the charges of serious injury by vehicle and child endangerment – serious injury. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for January 23.