Community members are honoring the life of Endicott College Police Sgt. Jeremy Cole.
Community members came together on Monday to honor the life of Endicott College Police Sergeant Jeremy Cole.
People gathered to pay their respects to Cole and his family during a public wake, following his tragic death while driving home after his shift early Thanksgiving morning.
There was also a law enforcement walk at the Campbell Funeral Home on Cabot Street in Beverly Monday afternoon before the public wake.
Cole was a 15-year veteran of Endicott College's police department, but students have said that his impact reached far past only public safety.
He leaves behind a wife and four children. Endicott said that his children may attend college there tuition-free.
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Cole died Thanksgiving morning after a wrong-way driver collided with his SUV on I-95. He had just finished a shift at Endicott, and was returning to his home in Exeter, New Hampshire.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. The wrong-way driver is accused of driving under the influence was arraigned from a hospital bed on multiple charges including motor vehicle homicide.
