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- Newspaper Obituary - March 26, 1990 Syracuse Post Standard - BRIAN J. BRISTOL, 14 - CAR ACCIDENT VICTIM- Brian J. Bristol, 14, of County Route 22, Altmar, died Sunday at the Oswego Hospital after injuries suffered in an one-car accident on the Albion Cross Roads, Albion. He was a native of Syracuse. He was a longtime resident of the Altmar area. He was an eighth-grade student at the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School, and was active in wrestling and basketball. He was a member of the Pulaski Senior League Baseball. He attended the Dugway United Methodist Church. Surviving are his mother, Linda Bristol of Altmar; one brother, David of Altmar; two sisters, Kathy Bristol and Renee Bristol, both of Altmar; his maternal grandparents, James and Jean Priest of Parish; his paternal grandparents, Verne and Florence Bristol of Altmar; his maternal great-grandparents, Doris and George Priest of Parish; his paternal great-grandmother, Dora Bristol of Altmar; and several aunts and uncles. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Harter-Olmstead Funeral Home, Parish. Burial will be in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Dugway. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home, 7430 W. Main St.
Newspaper Obituary - March 26, 1990 Syracuse Post Standard - TEEN, 14, KILLED WHILE DRIVING SISTER'S CAR - A 14-year-old Altmar boy was killed early Sunday after he apparently took his sister's car without permission and crashed head-on into a tree off the Albion Cross Roads, state police said. Brian J. Bristol, of county Route 22, was pronounced dead at Oswego Hospital shortly after 3:15 a.m., state police in Pulaski said. Bristol, an eighth-grader at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Middle School, was driving north on the rural highway when he lost control of the car, veered off the right side of the road and struck the tree, police said. The teen-ager, who was alone in the car, was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the wreck, police said. By Sunday evening, police said they still had not determined why Bristol took the car, where he was heading, or whom he was with -- if anyone -- before the accident. ``It was probably the type of thing where he thought he could take it out and bring it back without anyone noticing,'' Sgt. Marshall Minot said. ``No one knew he had the car until it was all over with.'' Another trooper said the accident occurred shortly after the car was taken. ``It wasn't like he was out driving all night,'' the trooper said. Bristol was driving ``at a high rate of speed'' when the car, a 1987 Ford sedan, went off the road about a quarter-mile south of county Route 28, about five miles southwest of the village of Altmar, police said. Trooper said they believe Bristol, who was two years younger than the legal driving age, took the car without permission from an older sister, Kathy, who also lives in the village. Minot said investigators at the scene did not find anything to indicate the accident was alcohol-related. The teen-ager's body was sent to the Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office on Sunday for an autopsy, he said. Stanley Finkle, principal of the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Middle School, said a special team of counselors would be available today for students upset and confused about the death of their classmate. ``At this age, most of (the students) probably haven't experienced a loss,'' said Finkle, who described the school as small and close-knit. ``We'll be in mourning for a very long time.'' Finkle described Bristol as a student ``very full of life -- always ready with a quick joke.'' He also said Bristol as a ``very, very active'' teen-ager who enjoyed playing a number of sports and had not been in any trouble. Bristol was involved in a tutoring program after school, which helped him to keep up his grades, Finkle said. The 14-year-old also performed well in a pilot job-training program the federal government initiated at the 385-student school this year. ``He made the program look very good,'' Finkle said. School Superintendent Michael E. Smith said homeroom teachers would discuss the accident with students at the beginning of today's classes. Smith, who spoke with police on Sunday, said he was unaware of any of the circumstances surrounding Bristol's death. ``My belief is that the best we can do is actively involve the students in school activities so they're not dwelling on it,'' Smith said. Bristol was born in Syracuse, but lived in Altmar, a village in western Oswego County, all his life.
Newspaper Obituary - March 26, 1990 Syracuse Herald Journal - BOY, 14, TAKES SISTER'S CAR AND DIES WHEN IT HITS TREE - A 14-year-old boy died Sunday in Oswego County after he apparently took his older sister's car without permission and crashed into a tree. Brian J. Bristol of county Route 22, Altmar, was pronounced dead at Oswego Hospital shortly after 3:15 a.m., said state police in Pulaski. Bristol, an eighth-grader at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Middle School, was driving north on Albion Cross Roads when he lost control of the car, veered to the right and struck the tree, police said. The teen-ager was alone in the car. Police said he was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the wreck. Troopers said the boy hadn't been gone with the car long. ``It was probably the type of thing where he thought he could take it out and bring it back without anyone noticing,'' Sgt. Marshall Minot said. ``No one knew he had the car until it was all over with.'' Stanley Finkle, principal of Bristol's middle school, arranged for a team of counselors to help students upset and confused about the death of their classmate. Bristol was born in Syracuse. He lived in Altmar all his life.
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1976 - 1990 (14 years)