Jul 5, 2017

Archived: Local Fire Fighter Found Dead At Residence in Collegeville

A Cold Spring man died in a terrible accident Sunday.

According to Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson deputies responded to a call on July 2 after 40-year-old Chad Kraemer fell on a concrete patio.

Deputies were dispatched to Collegeville near Big Fish Lake to find Kraemer had fallen 10 feet onto the patio. The exact time of the fall was unknown and authorities arrived at about 4:43 a.m. Family members reported Kraemer going to bed the evening before.

He apparently fell from a sliding glass door where there was no elevated deck. Kraemer was a 19-year member of the Cold Spring Fire Department.

Kraemer was pronounced deceased at the scene after a North Air Ambulance helicopter had been dispatched. He is survived by a wife and three children.

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