Cranberry Township Fire Company, EMS and Quality EMS staff simulate a car crash with students from North Catholic High School as part of a pre-prom presentation Tuesday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
POIGNANT LESSON
CRANBERRY TWP — With prom later this week and graduation season approaching, North Catholic High School students had the chance to watch the potential horrors of driving while under the influence.
Cranberry Township first responders staged a mock car crash at North Catholic on Tuesday morning, showing students a portrayal of a two-car collision in which one driver was suspected of DUI. Students saw the process of first responders extracting passengers, police conducting sobriety tests and the carnage of a drunken driving crash.
Student actors who portrayed the victims were wearing tuxedos and dresses, as the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company later urged students as prom approaches to “remember your actions have consequences for yourself and others.”
The volunteer fire company, Cranberry Township Police Department, Cranberry Township EMS, Quality EMS and Allegheny Health Network Paramedic Response Team 955 assisted in the portrayal.
Following the staged crash, students had the opportunity to speak with first responders.
North Catholic junior Stephanie Lynch, 17, right, plays a part in a driving under the influence arrest with Cranberry Township Police patrolman Tiffani Shaffer during an accident recreation as part of a North Catholic student assembly. Cranberry Township Fire Company, EMS and Quality EMS staff simulated the car crash Tuesday with students from North Catholic High School as part of a pre-prom presentation. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
North Catholic High School students watch Tuesday as Cranberry Township Fire Company, EMS and Quality EMS show what happens at a car crash response. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
Cranberry Township Fire Company, EMS and Quality EMS work a simulated fatal car crash as students from North Catholic High School watch as part of a pre-prom presentation Tuesday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
A North Catholic student plays the role of a crash victim as Cranberry Township Fire Company, EMS and Quality EMS respond as part of a pre-prom presentation Tuesday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
Cranberry Township Fire Company, EMS and Quality EMS staff simulate a car crash response with students from North Catholic High School as part of a pre-prom presentation Tuesday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
Cranberry Township Fire Company, EMS and Quality EMS staff simulate a car crash with students from North Catholic High School as part of a pre-prom presentation Tuesday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
