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An Endicott College Police Sergeant identified as Jeremy Cole was killed by a wrong-way driver in a crash on Interstate 95 in Newbury, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving, police said.
Sergeant Jeremy Cole of Exeter, New Hampshire was 49 years old.
Massachusetts State Police said he was driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer on 95 north just after midnight when a Tesla going south slammed into his SUV in Newbury.
The Newbury Fire Department said both drivers were trapped in their cars and that it took nearly an hour to get them out. Sgt. Cole died at the scene.
The Tesla driver was rushed to a hospital in Boston on a medical rescue helicopter with serious injuries. State Police have not released his name. They described him as “a man in his 40s from southeastern Massachusetts.”
Wrong-way driver
The Tesla was first spotted going the wrong way on I-95 by New Hampshire State Police.
“Massachusetts State Troopers from Troop A and the New Hampshire State Police maintained visual contact with the wrong-way vehicle through the Newburyport area while law enforcement prepared a tire-deflation device in Georgetown,” Massachusetts State Police spokesman Tim McGuirk said in a statement.
“Before the wrong way vehicle reached the device, the Tesla struck a Chevrolet Trailblazer at mile marker 81.5 in Newbury.”
Interstate 95 was closed in both directions for several hours after the crash, police said.
The Tesla driver “is expected to face charges that will be announced in a subsequent update. The matter remains under investigation by the State Police Detectives assigned to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office,” McGuirk said.
“We offer our condolences to the family, loved ones, and colleagues of Sergeant Cole at this difficult time.”
