Using the Jaws of Life, members of the HFD prepare to force open the driver’s side door so they can extract the driver.
Volunteer firefighters from the Hilton Fire Department (HFD) arrive at the scene of the accident dramatization.A very effective mock DWI scenario was presented to Hilton High School juniors and seniors on Monday, April 27. As it has for the 10 years the dramatization has been presented, the scenario brought home a message to the students about what happens when someone drives drunk or is distracted and crashes into another vehicle. This year’s enactment, organized by the co-chairs of SADD, Students Against Distracted Decisions, Claire Dresler and Lacey Blodgett, portrayed a post-prom party incident where a drunk student driver crashed into another car, “killing” a student sitting in the front passenger seat of that car. Both the student actors made the presentation very effective, informative, sad and moving.
Making a sizeable contribution to the enactment were members of SADD, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the Hilton Fire Department, Burger Funeral Home and Heinrich Collision. Also contributing were: Bob Johnson Chevrolet, which donated the Dodge Intrepid that was demolished for accident portrayal, Impact Print Solutions provided a banner to be placed on the wrecked car, John Duggan and DDS for their generosity and commitment to the project and Spencerport for allowing the use of a portable grandstand.
