"Beloved" Southern Reg security guard died on Parkway

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BARNEGAT – State Police identified a 77-year-old man who died early Saturday morning in his car1 while driving northbound on the Garden State Parkway near mile marker 67.9. Richard Baran, 77, of the Forked River section of Lacey died while behind the wheel in the center lanes of the Parkway, and was found with his foot still on the brake pedal, State Tooper Alejandro Goez said. Baran was a retired law enforcement officer who worked as a security guard in the Southern Regional School District for 17 years, said Keith Weidenhof, president of the district’s Board of Education.

Baran was “loved by the students and the staff, and was the type of person who could find good in everybody he came in contact with,” Weidenhof said.

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The school district’s crisis intervention team is preparing to meet Monday and provide staff and students with support in the aftermath of Baran’s unexpected death, he said.

We re like a family at Southern,” said Weidenhof . He was beloved by the staff and the students and will be sorely missed. An autopsy lead investigators to believe a heart condition contributed to his death, Goez said.

No one else was injured when Baran’s vehicle stopped in the middle of the Parkway, he said.

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Amanda Oglesby: 732-557-5701; aoglesby@GannettNJ.com

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