Staged crash teaches lesson in driving drunk
 Sophomore and junior students watched as rescue workers pulled their bloodied classmates from a staged drunk driving wreck on April 28. One student was seriously injured and flown out by Flight for Life for more care. Others were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
The Lake Villa and Antioch police and fire departments, with the help of LCHS Drama Club actors, dramatized the wreck as a way to discourage students from using drugs and drinking and driving on Prom night May 6. Students watched as rescue workers pried their peers out of smashed cars using the Jaws of Life, and as the drunk driver failed a series of tests and was arrested. They listened as the workers communicated with each other over their radios. The Lake County Coroner made an appearance to share with the audience that the most difficult part about those accidents for him is telling parents that their child is dead. |
