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The dramatic high-speed chase that spanned across four counties along Highway 30 last Friday before both the suspect and a teenage driver, who was uninvolved in the pursuit, were ultimately killed, started with a traffic stop on 18th Avenue in Marshalltown, according to new information released by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office (MCSO).
A press release issued Monday said a deputy stopped 36-year-old Garrett Sager of Grand Island, Neb. for traffic and equipment violations. The deputy made initial contact with Sager, collecting his license and vehicle information and determining that he had an active warrant out for his arrest in Story County. When the deputy and another officer asked Sager to step out of the car, the suspect refused and fled in his vehicle, leading a pursuit through Tama and Benton counties that ended in Cedar Rapids when Sager, who was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Highway 30 when an officer performed the precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver, crashed head-on into a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Kayan Williams, killing both of them.
"Consistent with standard agency practice for the Marshall County Sheriff's Office, the pursuit is under an agency administrative review. The Iowa State Patrol is conducting an independent investigation of the pursuit and incident in Cedar Rapids," the release concludes.