THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, May 19, 1996 TAG: 9605170233
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Katrice Franklin
LENGTH: Short : 38 lines
High schoolers at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy got a lesson on the horrors of drunken driving on Wednesday afternoon. The school's football field was the setting for a mock accident that involved two cars and five injured teenagers.
The Suffolk Police and Fire Departments, the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad and the Nightingale helicopter ambulance participated in the demonstration.
Students Against Drunk Driving and Nationwide Insurance sponsored the event, which was planned to make an impression on students before the school prom.
After the ``accident'' had been cleared and the ``injured'' and ``dead'' removed, students learned the legal ramifications of drinking and driving. One driver in the mock accident was ``given'' a sobriety test and then handcuffed by police and taken away. ILLUSTRATION: Staff photos by JOHN H. SHEALLY II
High school students at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy watch from the
bleachers as a mock accident is staged on the football field.
FAR LEFT: A participant in the ``accident'' waits by a Suffolk
police car as his injured friends are taken away.
LEFT: Skye Johnston and Ryan Blake are shocked by the realistic
demonstration, in which one student ``died'' as a result of drinking
and driving.
KEYWORDS: DRUNKEN DRIVING by CNB