MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A man being chased by Ohio police officers died Wednesday night when he crashed
his pickup truck, police said.
Thirty-seven-year-old Randy Heater, of Mansfield, was killed in rural Richland County, the Mansfield News
Journal reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mansfield officers responded Wednesday night to a report about men fighting and a woman possibly being
held against her will, police said. Officers learned while driving to the scene that a man had been
struck in the face with a tire iron and a suspect had fled in a pickup truck.
Officers spotted the truck and began chasing it. Heater "rammed" a police cruiser during the
pursuit, Mansfield police said.
Heater lost control at a curve in northern Richland County, struck a guardrail and was ejected as it
rolled over several times, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
Three Mansfield police officers have been placed on administrative leave while the pursuit and crash are
investigated.