Firefighters, medics, and police officers whizzed around a chaotic scene outside Harry S. Truman High School Thursday morning.
Tears rolled down the eyes of some of the high school seniors watching what was happening outside of their Bristol Township school.
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Milling about firefighters as they cut the roof and doors from three vehicles that crashed was a student dressed as the grim reaper, a reminder of the deadly implications of crashes.
The mock car crash that led to three of the students’ peers dying (at least for Thursday) was part of the high school’s annual tradition to warn students about the dangers of distracted, dangerous, and intoxicated driving around prom season and leading into summer.
The scenario was that students driving home from a football game ended up getting into an accident due to one of the student drivers being under the influence.
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The mock trauma scene played out much like it would if it actually happened. Police took the intoxicated student driver into custody as firefighters began to extricate injured and deceased individuals. Medics from the Bucks County and Levittown-Fairless Hills rescue squads even transported some students to St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown.
The student who was arrested in the simulation was transported to the police station, mock arraigned before a district judge, and eventually transported to the Bucks County Correctional Facility.
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The simulation was narrated by Bristol Township School District employee Tony Bucci, a former fire chief. He warned students that intoxicated and distracted driving can kill.
Organizers said the mock scene was designed to warn students of the “life-altering repercussions of reckless driving.”
