(DeSoto, IA) – An eight-month-old boy from Earlham was injured in a head-on crash late Saturday night, in Dallas County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the boy was a passenger in one of the vehicles, when the crash occurred at around 11:05-p.m. on Highway 169, on the south side of DeSoto.

The Patrol says the 2011 Chevy Suburban was traveling north on Highway 169, when the driver, 24-year-old Dakota Joe Pratt, of Earlham, attempted to pass another vehicle in a No Passing zone as the vehicle was going over a hill. The SUV and a 2014 Chevy pickup driven by 19-year-old Tyler Joseph Houg, of Winterset, head-on.

The infant – who was properly restrained in the vehicle – was transported by Dallas County EMS to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.