KCRG says officers made a final attempt to stop Garrett Sager. The Gazette says they made contact.

A final attempt to stop the car, on KCRG, a final stopping attempt in which officers made contact, on The Gazette, and a pit maneuver that KCJJ says video appears to show, are not the same description. About 3:10 p.m., and shortly after 3:00, are not the same clock. The 16-year-old driver is not named.

KCRG, by KCRG Staff and Elizabeth Schultz, published Nov. 7, 2026, at 6:11 a.m. CST, reported the Iowa State Patrol said 36-year-old Garrett Sager of Grand Island, Nebraska, was killed in a head-on crash at about 3:10 p.m. Friday near Highway 30 and Williams Boulevard in Cedar Rapids. It reported a crash report said he fled law enforcement in Marshall County in a 2019 Chevrolet Impala and led officers across four counties. It reported the patrol said he fired at law enforcement during the chase, striking an occupied police cruiser, that officers made multiple unsuccessful attempts to disable the vehicle, and that the vehicle was traveling east in the westbound lanes when officers made a final attempt to stop it. It reported that is when he collided head-on with the other driver, who was in a 2004 Chevy Impala. It reported the Iowa State Patrol is investigating. The Gazette, dated Nov. 7, 2026, reported the crash happened around 3:10 p.m. Friday on Highway 30 near Williams Boulevard, that Sager, 36, fled from law enforcement in Marshall County and continued across four counties, and that he fired shots that hit one of the pursuing police vehicles, which the paper attributed to a preliminary accident report. It reported officers tried several times unsuccessfully to disable the suspect vehicle. It reported the fleeing vehicle was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes, and that as officers conducted a final stopping attempt and made contact, the fleeing driver lost control and went head on into a westbound vehicle. Fired at law enforcement, on KCRG, and fired shots, on The Gazette, are not the same verb. An occupied police cruiser, on KCRG, and one of the pursuing police vehicles, on The Gazette, are not the same object. A final attempt to stop it, on KCRG, and a final stopping attempt in which officers made contact and the driver lost control, on The Gazette, are not the same ending. KCRG does not print that the police car made contact. The Gazette does not print Grand Island. The other driver was 16. That driver is not named here.

Radio Iowa, by O. Kay Henderson, dated Nov. 8, 2026, with additional reporting by Pat Powers of KQWC in Webster City, reported the State Patrol said 36-year-old Garrett Sager of Grand Island, Nebraska, fled from Marshall County officers, shot at officers during the chase on Highway 30, and that a bullet hit a police cruiser. It reported officers tried several times to disable his car. It reported that during the final manuever, printed that way, his car was going the wrong way in the westbound lanes and crashed head on into a sedan driven by the 16-year-old. Shot at officers, and a bullet hit a police cruiser, on Radio Iowa, are not the same sentence as fired at law enforcement, striking an occupied police cruiser, on KCRG. Manuever, on Radio Iowa, is not the spelling of maneuver. Head on, as two words, is the spelling on Radio Iowa and on The Gazette. Head-on, with a hyphen, is the spelling on KCRG. KCJJ, by Tommy Lang, dated November 7, 2026, reported the Cedar Rapids Police Department said that shortly after 3:00 Friday afternoon its officers responded to a pursuit that started near Marshalltown and wound through four counties. Shortly after 3:00, on KCJJ, and about 3:10 p.m., on KCRG, and around 3:10 p.m., on The Gazette, are not the same clock. Near Marshalltown, on KCJJ, and Marshall County, on KCRG, The Gazette, and Radio Iowa, are not the same place name. It reported the suspect reportedly fired at pursuing officers, striking a patrol car, and that police tried to spin the 2019 Chevy Impala out multiple times. Spin the car out, on KCJJ, and disable the vehicle, on KCRG and The Gazette, are not the same verb. Chevy, on KCJJ, and Chevrolet, on KCRG's account of the fleeing car, are not the same word. It reported the car continued eastbound in the westbound lanes until it struck a 2004 Chevy Impala head-on near Williams Boulevard and Highway 30 SW. It reported video of the incident appears to show a police cruiser attempting a pit maneuver and, in doing so, pushing the fleeing vehicle into the oncoming car. A pit maneuver that pushed the fleeing car into the oncoming car, as what KCJJ says the video appears to show, is not a sentence on KCRG, The Gazette, or Radio Iowa. Made contact, on The Gazette, is not the word pit. The 16-year-old driver is not named here.

Iowa's News Now, on the KGAN page, published at 9:03 p.m. CST on Nov. 7, 2026, and the structured modified time is 3:24 a.m. CST on Nov. 9, 2026. The page says Garrett R. Sager, 36, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was killed in a head-on crash on Highway 30 in Cedar Rapids Friday afternoon, after a pursuit that began in Marshall County and crossed four counties, near Williams Boulevard. Garrett R. Sager, with a middle initial, is that page's name. Garrett Sager, with no middle initial, is the name on KCRG, The Gazette, Radio Iowa, and KCJJ. It says the Iowa State Patrol says the Sager was traveling east in the westbound lanes when it collided head-on with another car. The Sager, in that sentence, is the wording on the page. It does not print the word vehicle in that sentence. It says that during the pursuit Sager fired at law enforcement and struck an occupied police cruiser, according to ISP, and that officers made multiple unsuccessful attempts to stop the car before the collision. Stop the car, on that page, and disable the vehicle, on KCRG, are not the same verb. It says the crash temporarily closed Highway 30 in both directions between Edgewood Road and 80th Street. KCRG, The Gazette, Radio Iowa, and KCJJ do not print Edgewood Road or 80th Street. The page does not print 3:10 p.m. The Gazette reported it is not clear what started the pursuit or when the shots were fired, and that online court records show Sager was still on parole in Nebraska, that he was paroled in 2025, and that he was most recently in prison for possessing a firearm as an ineligible person following a 2020 charge, beginning that term in 2021. Parole, 2025, and the 2020 firearm case are The Gazette's account of those records. They are not on KCRG, Radio Iowa, KCJJ, or Iowa's News Now. The Gazette also reported the Cedar Rapids Police and Fire Departments were among the agencies that responded. Friday's crash is the account those outlets gave of a pursuit that killed both drivers. It is not a charging document in this crash, and it is not a verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.