Reed named HPS on call firefighter of the year
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HOLLAND The Holland Department of Public Safety named Firefighter William Reed as its 2021 Paid On Call Firefighter of the Year, it announced in a release Tuesday. Reed, a California native who began working with the Holland Department in 2014, has been involved in fighting fires since 1988.
He served as a Firefighter/Paramedic for the Moraga, San Francisco, Alameda and Saugatuck Fire Departments before starting with HFD. Before retiring, Reed worked at Holland Hospital as a basic life support instructor-coordinator and advanced cardiovascular life support instructor-coordinator.
Reed currently is assigned to Station No. 3 in Holland.
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HOLLAND The woman who was killed in a car crash on Chicago Drive Sunday, March 14 was a Hope College professor, the college confirmed Monday.
Jennifer Hampton, 48, of Holland, died at the scene of the crash, which occurred around 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Chicago Drive and Waverly Road.
Hampton was a professor of physics and chair of the Department of Physics at Hope College.
“This loss brings deep sorrow for all of us who knew and loved Jenny as a colleague, friend and teacher,” said Hope College President Matthew Scogin in a message sent to the campus community Monday morning. “As kind and encouraging as she was brilliant, Jenny was a bright light at Hope.”
Police identify woman killed in Ottawa County crash
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Holland police are investigating a fatal crash at South Waverly Road and Chicago Drive. (MLive File Photo)
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She died at the scene of the 5:30 p.m. crash, police said.
The other driver, a 23-year-old Holland woman, was taken to Holland Hospital. Her name was not released.
Police said early investigation shows that Hampton, driving a 2017 Toyota Prius, was going north on Waverly when a 2008 Hyundai Sonata, headed east on Chicago Drive, went through a red light and struck the driver’s side of the victim’s vehicle.