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Police Officer

Raymond E. Radel Jr.

Columbus Division of Police — Columbus, OH

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch April 25, 1991

Age 47

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Badge 168

The Vigil Panel 137 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 58

Incident

Officer Raymond Radel succumbed to injuries received five days earlier when his car was struck head-on on I-70 just outside of Columbus. Officer Radel was returning from an assignment to the Police Athletic League Classic Car Show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a vehicle lost control and crossed into the westbound lane east of Brice Road, striking his truck. He and his son were transported to Ohio State University Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. His son was in critical condition but survived. A passenger in the other vehicle also died. The driver was charged with driving under the influence. Officer Radel was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Columbus Division of Police for 25 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Radel gave the Columbus Division of Police 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Columbus Division of Police

Type Other

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity cdpd.franklin.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 25, 1991

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Age 47

Badge Number 168

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Raymond E. Radel Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Raymond E. Radel Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Columbus Division of Police, 19 of 59 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.2% of this agency's fallen.

Columbus Division of Police

of 59 officers

32.2% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident