BEVERLY, MASS. (WHDH) – The Beverly community is mourning the loss of an Endicott College police sergeant who was killed in a wrong-way crash in Newbury this week.
Endicott College Police Sgt. Jeremy Cole, 49, of Exeter, N.H., spent 15 years as a campus police officer. He is remembered by friends and community members as a kind man.
Michael Magner, the owner of Pride’s Deli and Pizzeria, said Cole’s death has left a hole in the community. He’s known Cole since Magner himself was a student at Endicott College.
“Thought he was an amazing guy, treated everybody with the utmost respect and caring. Huge part, just a titan in the community,” Magner said.
Magner said he will miss Cole’s humor, among other traits.
“Smile, laugh, a joke, busting one of the other guys’ chops — just good old fashioned friendship,” he said.
Magner wasn’t alone.
“Every single person tells the same story — …