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Chad R. Rammel

Age : 33

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 07/31/2021

Location : Mud Pike Road near State Route 118

City : Celina

County : Mercer

State : Ohio

Agency : Celina Police Department

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Fatal vehicle crash following police pursuit

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Traffic violations and suspected impaired driving. At approximately 4:08 a.m., Celina Police Department officers observed Chad R. Rammel driving a blue 2004 Acura south on Brandon Avenue and saw him travel through a stop sign without stopping. Officers followed and reported that the Acura was swerving in the roadway. After Rammel turned onto Market Street, officers activated their emergency lights and attempted a traffic stop. When he continued west, officers activated their siren and pursued.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 07/31/2021, 33-year-old Chad R. Rammel of Celina was killed when his 2004 Acura crashed approximately five minutes after Celina police attempted to stop him for running a stop sign and swerving. Police pursued briefly but terminated the chase when Rammel accelerated to more than 95 mph. He continued driving after officers discontinued the pursuit and subsequently crashed on Mud Pike Road near State Route 118.
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At approximately 4:08 a.m., Celina officers observed Rammel traveling south on Brandon Avenue. Police reported that he drove through a stop sign without stopping and then swerved while continuing along the roadway. Officers initially followed the Acura rather than immediately initiating a pursuit.
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Rammel turned onto Market Street. Officers activated their emergency lights to signal him to stop. When he continued westbound, officers activated a siren. Police reported that Rammel then accelerated to speeds exceeding 95 mph.
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Celina officers discontinued all efforts to stop Rammel because of the speed. The department stated that terminating the pursuit was required by Celina Police Department policy under the circumstances. This was therefore a terminated pursuit rather than a continuous police chase extending to the crash scene.
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At approximately 4:13 a.m., about five minutes after officers first observed the Acura, Mercer County Central Dispatch received a report of a crash on Mud Pike Road at State Route 118 outside Celina. Ohio State Highway Patrol and Mercer County Sheriff's Office personnel responded.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol determined that Rammel's Acura traveled off the roadway, struck a tree and a fence, overturned and then struck an SUV parked in a driveway. Rammel was found dead at the scene.
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No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop sticks, roadblock or intentional police-vehicle contact was reported. Police specifically stated that officers had discontinued their effort to stop Rammel before the collision. The publicly available accounts establish that Rammel exceeded 95 mph during the police pursuit but do not provide his speed at impact, the precise point where officers terminated the pursuit, the distance from that point to the crash scene, or the elapsed time between termination and collision.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol's Wapakoneta Post investigated the fatal collision because the crash occurred outside Celina city limits. The Mercer County Sheriff's Office also responded to the scene.
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Rammel was born on 08/09/1987 in Coldwater and graduated from Celina High School in 2005. He was married to Nicole Rammel and was a father of four. He worked as a self-employed CAD programmer and for EDC Machining. His family remembered him as an outdoorsman and “grill master” who enjoyed fishing, camping, kayaking, bicycling, RC-car racing, longboarding and building computers.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Celina Police Department officers who attempted to stop and briefly pursued Chad Rammel have not been publicly identified in the sources located for this reconstruction.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://mercercountyoutlook.net/2021/07/31/celina-man-dies-in-crash-after-police-had-already-aborted-chase/
https://www.dailystandard.com/archive/2021-08-02/stories/43446/1-dead-in-crash-after-cop-chase
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/chad-rammel-obituary?id=6206488
https://www.ciscofuneralhome.com/obituaries/chad-rammel