‘Tis the Season and We’re Not Just Talking Proms
Spring is definitely known as prom season and functions of all kinds. Mix in a little unpredictable foul weather and you’ve got one heck of an opportunity for a mess on the roads. Identifying this pattern over many decades, Santa Fe Tow, along with emergency medical units, several city police and fire departments have created fake DUI car wrecks! Santa Fe Tow provided two wrecked vehicles from previous drunk driving accidents, for a mock DUI demonstration at St. James Academy in Lenexa, KS at the beginning of April. Not only did the high school age kids get to see these mangled wrecks, but they also got a first hand demonstration about how the accident might have gone down when a teenage driver fully under the influence of alcohol is the cause of the wreck. They were needless to say, VERY attentive and rightly so.
The Lenexa Police Department, the Fire Department and the nearby hospital all worked seamlessly to show these kids what takes place with such an accident… how many people it takes to work on this kind of accident and what it takes to get it done. Even the Jaws of Life were taken out to remove a mangled door in order to recover a body. Very sobering. Like out of the Scared Straight movie from the 70’s!
The victims and witness were 5 of the theater students from the drama club at St. James Academy and they did a very convincing job! For a full view of the experience click here for Santa Fe Tow’s Facebook Fan Page photo album of this exciting re-enactment. Special kudos to the firemen, policemen and Med Act employees of Lenexa, who volunteered their time and talents to bring such an emotional and teachable opportunity. Bravo to Santa Fe Tow for supplying the cars for these efforts throughout the metro, to hammer home “don’t drink and drive” and “don’t text and drive” to teens.
These actors were fantastic! As you can see, fatality is alive and well and smiling and ready to re-enact again! Bravo!
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Originally Posted By Alexis Ceule to Confessions of a Social Media Mamapreneur at 4/08/2010 07:32:00 PM and tweaked up by Alexis Ceule for Santa Fe Tow blog 4/30/2010
