Land O’ Lakes, FL – (April 18, 2016) – Zephyrhills High School juniors and seniors will witness law enforcement, fire rescue, hospital and funeral home representatives reenact with student actors a drunk driving crash and its aftermath at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, on the ZHS football field.
Prom Promise brings together local first responders who visit high schools during prom season to inform students about how important it is to make good decisions on prom night. Using student actors from each high school who are dressed in prom attire and splattered with fake blood, the first responders illustrate the tragic events that can occur when a student gets drunk at the prom and then drives away and crashes into another carload of prom-goers.
After the crash, the firefighters, paramedics and police officers converge on the scene and students see the intense activity that follows, including a Bayflite helicopter ready to transport the trauma patients to the emergency room.
The idea is to make the scene as realistic as possible so that students are deterred from making poor, potentially deadly, decisions on prom night. The presentations are coordinated with school SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) groups and school resource officers.
Prom Promise demonstrations also are scheduled for April 27 at Fivay High School and May 20 at Wiregrass Ranch High School. Zephyrhills High School is located at 6335 12th Street, in Zephyrhills.
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