(Cedar Rapids, IA) – A vehicle driven by a man suspected of being impaired by alcohol, collided head-on with a Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy Thursday night, near Cedar Rapids. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2003 Dodge Dakota pickup driven by 69-year-old Scott Rohwedder, of Coralville, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 100 at around 7:45-p.m.

A Linn County Deputy (whose name was not immediately released driving a 2025 Ford Explorer (SUV) attempted to stop the pickup, when the vehicles collided head-on at the Cedar River on Highway 100.

Rohwedder and the Deputy were both injured in the crash. Rohwedder was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital/Cedar Rapids. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha Police, along with the Palo Fire Dept.