Mesa Police and Fire Mock Car Crash at Dobson High

Today after a fire drill, we had an "assembly" on the football field bleachers. We weren't told why was going on, and didn't know what to expect. There was two crashed cars on our football field, with tarps covering all the windows. (and no, none of this is real-but is still very powerful)

They took the tarps off, to reveal a girl who had gone through the windshield, and was half way on the hood of the car. There was 7 students involved in the crash.

One Fire Truck, one Rapid Response truck, one ambulance, two motorcycles, one coroner van, and other police vehicles. And later the helicopter showed up, to air lift a student to the hospital. They went through all the same steps as they would at a real accident site. Using the "jaws of life" to open the doors, giving the driver a sobriety test, tagging the deceased victims ankle-putting her in a body bag and taking her to the coroner van.

Just this morning before 9, there was over 3 accidents just like our mock one.

Everyday, 8 students/teens die in a car accident due to texting/drinking/or being under the influence of drugs. And only 1/5 students/teens buckle their seats. The statistics are horrendous,  and just horrible to hear.

If you text and drive and get in a crash, and cause a death- you are charged with vehicular manslaughter and is sentenced to 10 years. And for each person with a broken bone, you are sentenced to more years.



Don't let texting or being under the influence ruin the rest of your life, or take it.



Take the pledge to not text and drive.

Todays experience was eye opening, but very needed for all teens to see. (sometimes graphic visual representations are the only thing that works on teens to get the message across--and this one definitely got across)