John Harold Hollomon
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Deputy Sheriff

John Harold Hollomon

Accident
End of Watch December 15, 1998
Age 23
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff John Hollomon was killed after his cruiser struck a tractor-trailer at Princeton Street and John Young Parkway in Orlando at 11:00 p.m. He was responding to assist an officer on a call involving drugs and firearms. Deputy Holloman was trapped in the vehicle for several minutes after the crash before being freed by rescue personnel. He was airlifted to a local hospital, where he died approximately three hours later from massive head injuries. Deputy Holloman had served with the Orange County Sheriff's Office for two years.

Survivors

He is survived by his father, a lieutenant with the sheriff's office.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hollomon gave the Orange County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Orlando community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hollomon.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Orlando, FL
Platform Identity ocso.orange.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 15, 1998
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff John Harold Hollomon is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Orange County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 21 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.8% of this agency's fallen.

Orange County Sheriff's Office
5
of 21 officers
23.8% Accident
FL — Statewide
313
of 1,008 officers
31.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Harold Hollomon's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How John Harold Hollomon Compares

Age at End of Watch
23
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Harold Hollomon is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location