We can tell them all we want until we’re blue in the face, but when we show them and they really see all that’s involved in a drunk driving accident like this, I think that really makes an impression on them. PH : “Do you think something like this will leave a lasting impression to the students?” The way this is done, there’s an entire video that’s shot, and will be shown to the students Thursday, before the homecoming dance on Saturday.” “Our timeline is to do it approximately two weeks before homecoming, before a big dance, where our students have some possibilities of making some bad choices. He says the simulation is staged before their homecoming festivities. Student: “It shows that you are controlling the machine that can kill somebody, that you need to be smart with your decisions and how you drive.”Ĭhristopher Juntti is principal at Stratford High School. Student: “One of my friends was in the wreck, and I have no idea how to react to this.
Student: “Yeah, I see a lot of these people’s faces and it’s just like, distress and sadness brought to them, and it’s not even like real, but it’s really stressing.” It may be a simulation, but it could happen to anybody.”Īlthough the program is nothing new, the realistic nature of the simulation still affected many of the students. So this is one of the ways to get them to understand. “We’re losing kids all the time to drinking and driving, and one of the number one ways that they’re getting the alcohol a lot of times is from parents. Sheila Henderson coordinates trauma outreach and injury prevention for the Harris County Hospital District. One adult responsible for serving alcohol to the teens arrived at the scene and was arrested. As part of the program, families were notified and the surviving driver was arrested and booked for driving under the influence.
It’s a very dangerous thing out there today.”Īdding to the realism, victims of the accident were placed on stretchers and one was put in a body bag. “This is how most of our young people are injured or killed nowadays with car accidents. He says respondents went through their regular procedure after reaching the accident scene. Houston Fire Captain Ken Loudermilk lead the response to the accident.
Other passengers inside the vehicles involved were covered in simulated blood. The simulated auto accident sent one student through the windshield of one vehicle and one was thrown out of the other. “Shattered Dreams” is a powerful DWI awareness program that involves Houston Fire, Police and EMS in conjunction with the Spring Branch ISD and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
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