A child was hospitalized and one driver arrested after a three vehicle crash in Adair County.

According to Iowa State Patrol, Patrick Lester of Fort Wayne, Indiana was speeding eastbound on I-80 in a Honda CRV Saturday night when he rear ended a Dodge pickup truck driven by Corrie Lambert of Traverse City, Michigan. Lambert’s vehicle drove into the ditch. Lester’s vehicle swerved left and struck a Saturn Outlook driven by Dianne Rullestad of Des Moines.  Both Lambert and Rullestad’s vehicles entered the median and struck cable barriers. A five-year old child, who was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, was injured. He was transported by Stuart Rescue to the Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines.

Lester faces charges of operating while intoxicated, child endangerment and several traffic violations.

The crash remains under investigation.