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.
