A man has been charged with drunk driving and other traffic offenses after the pickup he was driving went off Kenyon Road and hit a railroad car.

The crash happened just after 2 a.m. Saturday, according to Police Chief Dennis Quinn. He said the pickup failed to round the curve on Kenyon Road near South Eighth Street.

The truck, a 2020 Ford F150, then went off the road and down a hill into the rail yard of the Canadian National Railway. There, it went over one set of tracks and hit the side of a railroad tank car that was parked on a parallel set of tracks.

The driver of the truck, Joseph T. Walker, 22, of 602 S. 12th St., was arrested by Fort Dodge police and charged with operating while under the influence, first offense; failure to maintain control; and failure to provide proof of financial liability, accident.

In the criminal complaints filed against Walker, officers wrote that he admitted to drinking prior to the crash. They wrote that he “showed many signs of impairment” on field sobriety tests.

He had a blood alcohol content of .185, according to the criminal complaints. Under Iowa law, a person is presumed to be intoxicated when they have a blood alcohol content of .08.

A preliminary hearing on the operating while intoxicated charge has been set for May 22. Court action on the other two charges has been postponed for 180 days.

Michelle Hannan, a spokeswoman for Canadian National Railway, referred all inquiries to local law enforcement.