Accident Leaves BB Teen in Coma
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'» CO O 2 O O Q ~ <r ixi _j ui ~ QH>n UJ t- <r <> X H .» n _J UI -"f E Z * o o • x H H o <r co r I- K> 13 <C UJ CD * O O ro • U rt z hronicle Bound Brook • Middlesex • South Bound Brook • Dunellen ;Vol. 141, No. 41 Thursday, October 10, 2002 50 cents Accident leaves BB teen in coma Former high school wrestling star in critical condition after Route 22 accident ByCHADHEMEWWAY off the road early Sunday morn- slipped into a coma. He remains wrestler for Bound Brook High University this year. THE CHRONICLE ing at approximately 1:20 a.m., in critical condition at School, going 92-24 in matches Mandoli said Galeta was in police said. Morristown Memorial Hospital. during his school career before the vehicle with two others. Mike BRIDGEWATER — An acci- "It looks like they missed the A shunt has been put in Galeta's graduating last year. He was dent in front of the Red Bull Inn Coddington of Bound Brook, the entrance to the inn and flipped head to relieve pressure on his District 18 Champion twice as back seat passenger, was taken to on Route 22 in Bridgewater has over because they made a hard brain, officials said. well as a county champion and Somerset Medical Center to get left a Bound Brook man in a turn at the last second," said Lt. Mandoli said blood work done took third place last year in the coma, officials said Tuesday. Ken Mandoli of the Bridgewater treatment for a concussion. He on Galeta at the hospital districts at 135 pounds. was .treated und released. Brad Galeta, 18, suffered liver Police Department. revealed there was evidence of and brain damage after he drove Galeta was home for the week- Galeta had to be pulled from Mandoli said Galeta took a alcohol in his system. end after starting his freshman his 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee turn for the worse Monday and Galeta was a stand-out year at East . Stroudsburg See Accident, page A-2 Wiring may Coming up short have caused fire After falling behind by three touch- downs at halftime Saturday, Middlesex High's football team ral- ByCHADHEMENWAY lied before dropping a 25-21 deci- THE CHRONICLE sion to Metuchen. The loss was the Personal items Blue Jays'third straight since a SO. BOUND BROOK - The season-opening triumph. For the fire at 115 Shields Avenue last story, see page C-2. Thursday seems to have started lost, lives in by way of the multiple dwelling's electrical wiring. disarray from Fire official Barry Van Horn said Tuesday the fire is not sus- picious and it is safe to say it was building blaze electrical in nature but he was not ready to comment about the ByCHADHEMENWAY exact source. THE CHRONICLE ,'According to Van Horn, the ... CHAD HEMENWAY/THE CHRONICLE e is still under investigation, so. BOUND. BROOK — Firefighters battle the apartment house blaze (above) but the more than a century old building (below) was said he is waiting for a report Friday, victims of the destruc- destroyed beyond repair. Officials say the fire may have started in the building's wiring but are still Investi- the state bureau of housing tive fire that claimed practical- gating. get a clearer understanding of ly all of their possessions, came electric system in the house back to the scene to pick up the en it was inspected two years pieces that were left. "Genevieve!" called Mia Horn said the building is NcNair, looking for her cat. The demolished once special name was followed by a frights Meeting the L££L_~£EU-~£l£».iiH& .-Oat- ...KiirlrflAi srtngles from the outside of the ^ unier i challenge hqme. roof and gutter. * . l Thursday at approximately "There you are!" she said as Sister' John Martin dared all comers 3:05 p.m. South Bound Brook Marc Kirkland handed over to try to match her drives daring pplice officers as well as fire her soot-covered companion the charily Sister John Martin fighters from South Bound "You're dirty but you're alive." Challenge. For more on the Brook, Bound Brook, Somerville Mia McNair lived above her Middlesex-based nun's story, see and Franklin responded to the mother and father, Virginia page B-1. home and attempted, to fight the and Richard. Mr. McNair was blaze. retrieving some bicycles from The open construction, old the porch and a couple of dolls wood and ancient insulation of for his granddaughter Deija, the 135-year-old Victorian home who clutched them in her contributed to the fire's fast pro- arms. The dolls would likely be ression. Mike Baldy, a resident the only toys Deija would have on the third floor said horse hair left after the fire! insulated his apartment. Not The day after was filled long after emergency crews with irony and heart-breaking arrived, (he South Bound Brook Tories. ladder truck parked in the drive- There was Richard McNajr, way of the house sounded a long, 64, a retired truck driver who loud horn. 40 years ago lost his mother, "The building is compromised father a ad sister to a lire when and anybody inside is to get out he was stationed in France now. It's unsafe now," Van Horn with the Army. Last Thursday, See Fire, page A-2 See Kerns, page A-2 Special Family So. Bound Brook crime rate lowest in county living section ByCHADHEMENWAY the more diligent, aggressive and tic violence crimes in 2001 com- Bound Brook had dropped street deserve a pat on the back approximately 30 percent. and a lot of credit." THE CHRONICLE active police officers we currently pared to statistics from 2000. Inside today's issue is special maga- employ," said police Chief Robert Although South Bound Brook's Almost the same drop is seen in "We have police force now that zine focusing on families and the SO. BOUND BI South A. Verry. population is only 4,492 within its the nonviolent crime rate statis- really acres about the community fun things they can do in Central Bound Brook is th :est town in "We have a whole new genera- 0.70 square mile boundaries, the tics, which was 19.9 in 1996. the protect," he said. Jersey. Somerset County. tion ut police officers here in (he borough is more dense pur square Verry became a lieutenant in Verry said the moral of his According to crime statistics borough with a new attitude," mile than any other municipality 1996 and took over as chief in police officers has improved over released last month compiled by said Verry. in the county with the exception 2000. the years and each are better the New Jersey State Police, The borough also saw a visible of Noil h Pla'infield. "The chief doesn't do it. 1 can educated and eager to work. The South Bound Brook ranks first in decrease in the nou violent crime Verry said each municipality not take credit for the great drop police department, has added two crime rate per 1,000 residents for rate per 1,000 residents, from I).!! is mandated every month to send we have in crime," said Verry. new police oilicers, lined its first 2001 at (i.7 down from 10.!) in in 2000 to ().() in 2001. Also of their .statistics to the New Jersey "Tile police ollicei's on the road do female officer and became the 2000 in towns patrolled by note, burglaries decreased by 1)0 State Police for the early report. if themselves. All the chief does is first municipality in a number of Give blood today municipal police officers. percent and the borough saw 10 Since l!)9t), when the crime point them iu the right direction years in Somerset County to The Middlesex Public Libuiiy is "1 attribute the reduction to less larcenies and 15 less domes rate was 21.5, the rate in South but our police officers on t.he have a police.' (log on the force. holding a blood drive 3 to 8 p.m. today at the libimy. A complimenta- ry cholesteiol sci vvninij will be available for nil dunois. All donors must piesent signed oi pictuie ID Dunellen gets $1 million grant and know theit Social Security numbeis. By KELLY BEIIOVIN-HHTCH Director David Crabiel, Deputy Freeholders seemed to be very TOK CHRONICLE Freeholder Stephen "Pete" supportive. Dalina, Freeholder Camille "It was more than what we DUNELLEN In a room Fernicola and Freeholder had hoped for," Seader said about filled with residents and mem- Treasurer James Phillips. receiving the $1 million. "The bers of the Board of Education, Seader said Council President Freeholders muke sure that County Freeholders presented Frank Bieniek, Board of everyone should have a chance. Commentary A-4 Mayor, Robert Seader with a Education Member John It's shared money for all of us in check (or $1 million at the meet- Fitzgerald and he went to the county. This park has hud u Community Life B-1 ing Monday. Crabiel and Dalina with their significant impact on the town. This check was the result of a wishes to reconstruct Columbia On behalf of the 7,000 residents, Sports., C-1 grant uVider the Open . Space Park. thank you." Trust Fui|d, which Dunellen offi- "They thought the concept was Feruicola said she was Weekend Plus B-5 cial* were notified of receiving it good," Seader said. They men- impressed by the appreciation Aug. 15. With this money, the tioned tite possibilities of a new the town has shown the freehold- Obituaries A-l town ha«t * plans tu renovate grant that uo one knew about." ers.