(Editor’s note: This information was provided from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Weekly Newsletter. The reason for the delay in printing was due to the Newsleaders’ hiatus)
On July 2, at approximately 4:43 a.m., officers responded to a medical at a residence in Collegeville Township near Big Fish Lake. The caller reported a 40-year-old adult male, identified as Chad Kraemer, had fallen from a sliding glass door to the concrete patio below, a distance of 10-12 feet. Family members reported Kraemer went to bed between 11 p.m. and midnight and was found on the patio just prior to the call. The exact time of the fall is unknown. The sliding glass door is a “deck door” type slider. There is not a deck or elevated patio associated with this door. There was no barrier preventing the use of the door. The Cold Spring Fire Department Rescue Squad responded along with Gold Cross Ambulance. This was a traumatic call for the fire department as Kraemer was a long-time member of the Cold Spring Fire Department. Efforts were made on scene to treat the injuries Kraemer sustained from the fall. North Air Ambulance helicopter was also dispatched to the scene. Despite the efforts of the first responders, Kraemer succumbed to the injuries he sustained and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office extends its deepest condolences to the Kraemer family along with our fellow first-responders with the Cold Spring Fire Department on the tragic loss of their firefighter and friend.
