A horrible accident early this morning at the 590-390 split in Brighton triggered a tragic memory for me.  38-year-old Mario Carlenius was traveling the wrong way at 1:46am on route 590 when 911 contacted State Police, who valiantly were trying to get him off the highway. The wrong way driver hit a car driven by 20-year-old Stanislov Dutchak of Hilton at the interchange of 590 and 390. Both drivers are in critical condition.  Imagine being the cops who witnessed this carnage while trying to save lives.  This ironically happens as we approach the seventh anniversary this Monday Dec. 3rd of the exact same thing that happened to a very good friend of mine named Galen Herren.  Galen was a Monroe Co. Sheriffs Deputy who was heading to work when he heard over his police radio of a wrong way driver on route 590 in Brighton.  As Galen was responding to the area to find the driver, he was hit by the vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on 590 at the Monroe Ave. overpass near Mario's Restaurant in Brighton.  Galen did not survive but turned out to be a hero. Following behind Galen's car was a mini-van with a family of four inside.  If Galen had not taken the brunt of the collision, most likely the van would have been hit and a family destroyed.  Galen died a hero doing the job he always wanted to do. I miss him to this day and will think of him all weekend as we approach the seventh anniversay of his heroic effort.  God bless Galen's memory and his family in Canandaigua.