Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida
End of Watch Tuesday, December 15, 1998
Add to My HeroesJohn Harold Hollomon
Deputy Hollomon was killed after his cruiser struck a tractor trailer in an intersection. He was responding to assist an officer on a call involving drugs and firearms. He was trapped in the vehicle for several minutes after the crash, which occurred at 23:00 hours, before being freed by rescue personnel. He was airlifted to a local hospital where he died approximately three hours later from massive head injuries. He is survived by his father, a lieutenant with the sheriff's office.
Bio
- Age 23
- Tour 2 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Automobile crash
- Incident Date Monday, December 14, 1998
Most Recent Reflection
View all 37 ReflectionsJohn (aka Big Red) :) was just thinking about you and googled (didn’t have that back when we were rookies) lol. Think about you often my friend. We were friends before the academy and became Deputies together after and that day you took the ultimate sacrifice 22 years ago I will never forget. You have always held a special place in my life and just wanted to say “I miss ya big red”
Keep protecting us from high above in the heavens!!!
Brian R. Pare’
Academy classmate / Friends
December 1, 2020
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