Montebello students learn a hard lesson
Every 15 minutes, someone in the United States dies from an alcohol-related traffic collision.
Photo Gallery:Every 15 Minutes dramatization
To bring that sobering message home, Schurr High School hosted its "Every 15 Minutes" event for its junior and senior students to increase awareness of the dire consequences of drinking and driving.
The program challenged students to think about drinking, personal safety, and the responsibility of making mature decisions when lives are involved.
As part of the event, every 15 minutes throughout the day, participating students were called from class by the "Grim Reaper," to represent a student who died as a result of an alcohol-related traffic collision.
A simulated-traffic accident occurred with students suffering mock injuries while the coroner handled fatalities on the scene. Law enforcement investigated, arrested and booked the student "drunken driver."
Staff reports
Los Angeles County firefighters extricate "traffiic accident" victims during Schurr High School's Every 15 Minutes dramatization to discourage drunken driving at the Montebello campus June 2, 2009. (SGVN/Staff photo by Leo Jarzomb/SWCITY)