Smoke filled air, combined with the screams of the victims and sounds of emergency service sirens and tools took White Hall High School students to a different place, and not a good one last week during a mock car crash, a simulation presented by the school’s Environmental and Spatial Technology Lab students.
The annual event portraying the local fire, police and emergency medical services and state agencies responding to a fatal accident was held to raise student awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving.
The presentation began with a three-car accident. The scene was littered with alcoholic beverage containers. Victims lay about while a mother and baby remained trapped in the back of a van. Once emergency personnel arrived on the scene they raced to remove the hurt from Their wrecked vehicles as Officer Tommy Kelly wrestled the drunk driving offender to the ground to be handcuffed.
Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley also arrived at the scene to pronounce the death of the fatality while grieving mothers stood helpless on the side to complete the effect.
Student actors were Jacob Pace, Kelsey Upshaw, Sonya Tanner, Michela Manganelli and Aaron Tyler.
“We have done this too many times, said emergency responder Bill Beadle. Hopefully something these kids saw today will stick with them forever.”
Following the performance the student body were encouraged to ask questions and express their concerns about the accident to the emergency personnel.
Smoke filled air, combined with the screams of the victims and sounds of emergency service sirens and tools took White Hall High School students to a different place, and not a good one last week during a mock car crash, a simulation presented by the school’s Environmental and Spatial Technology Lab students.
The annual event portraying the local fire, police and emergency medical services and state agencies responding to a fatal accident was held to raise student awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving.
The presentation began with a three-car accident. The scene was littered with alcoholic beverage containers. Victims lay about while a mother and baby remained trapped in the back of a van. Once emergency personnel arrived on the scene they raced to remove the hurt from Their wrecked vehicles as Officer Tommy Kelly wrestled the drunk driving offender to the ground to be handcuffed.
Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley also arrived at the scene to pronounce the death of the fatality while grieving mothers stood helpless on the side to complete the effect.
Student actors were Jacob Pace, Kelsey Upshaw, Sonya Tanner, Michela Manganelli and Aaron Tyler.
“We have done this too many times, said emergency responder Bill Beadle. Hopefully something these kids saw today will stick with them forever.”
Following the performance the student body were encouraged to ask questions and express their concerns about the accident to the emergency personnel.
