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Yorkville first responders and students hope mock prom accident ‘shocks’ teens to avoid drunk driving · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville first responders and students hope mock prom accident shocks
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  Speaker 1: teens to avoid drunk driving. Written by Joey Weslow, This
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  Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Everlett. The Jaws of Life and a Metavac
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  Speaker 1: helicopter emergency landing were demonstrated to Yorkville High School students
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  Speaker 1: to show when it comes to drunk driving, just one
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  Speaker 1: bad decision can shatter an entire community. Participating students said
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  Speaker 1: they hope the demonstration shocks their fellow students into making
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  Speaker 1: safe decisions. A mock prom accident event was held for
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  Speaker 1: junior and senior students on April twenty ninth on the
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  Speaker 1: high school's campus. Several students played characters in a serious
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  Speaker 1: drunk driving accident re enactment in a shattered and wrecked car,
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  Speaker 1: wearing prom attire and bloody makeup to help convey the scene.
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville School District one fIF teamed up with the Bristol
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  Speaker 1: Kendall Fire Protection District, the Yorkville Police Department, Life Star
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  Speaker 1: Air Medical Transport, and the Kendall County Coroner's Office with
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  Speaker 1: sirens blaring, police and fire vehicles rushed to the scene
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  Speaker 1: of the staged crash. Around nine hundred students huddled around
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  Speaker 1: to catch a glimpse behind the scenes of a tragedy
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  Speaker 1: that happens all too often with teen drivers. Students trapped
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  Speaker 1: inside the crumpled car had to be freed by first responders.
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  Speaker 1: Some were taken away on a stretcher as first aid
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  Speaker 1: was demonstrated to the students. Flying in from overhead, a
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  Speaker 1: Metavac helicopter landed to demonstrate the drastic life saving tactics
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  Speaker 1: that often have to be deployed. Assistant Fire Chief Scott
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  Speaker 1: McCarty said the event was designed to leave a lasting
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  Speaker 1: impression on the community. We wanted to make an impact
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  Speaker 1: on the students, to encourage them to make great decisions
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  Speaker 1: of this prom and to know what's right and what's wrong,
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  Speaker 1: McCarty said. We hope this showed them that if they
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  Speaker 1: may a poor decision, this ultimately could be the consequences.
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  Speaker 1: McCarty said the Life Star Air Medical Transport demonstration helped
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  Speaker 1: show how serious an extrication incident is. He said, people
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  Speaker 1: pinned in cars after a crash are flown to the
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  Speaker 1: closest Level one trauma center. Good Samaritan Hospital and Downers Grove.
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  Speaker 1: We do that because they likely have severe internal injuries
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  Speaker 1: and they often need that surgical intervention within an hour
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  Speaker 1: of the injury, McCarty said. Covered and pretend blood makeup
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  Speaker 1: students Maddy Gordon and Emma Binge said after their participation
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  Speaker 1: they hope the demonstration resonated with their fellow students. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: treats prom like it's just a fun event, but to
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  Speaker 1: see that your actions can have consequences hopefully really shocked them.
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  Speaker 1: Binge said, I hope it shocks them in the right
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  Speaker 1: way and that they make the right decisions. Both students
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  Speaker 1: gave a shout out to the expert makeup artist, Tamara Eaton,
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville Middle School's drama teacher and theater director. Gordon said
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  Speaker 1: it was personally impactful getting into makeup and being able
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  Speaker 1: to act as a character and getting first hand experience
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  Speaker 1: of what it's like to be a victim in these
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  Speaker 1: scary situations. She said she was interested in seeing how
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  Speaker 1: the incident transpired with first responders because she is trying
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  Speaker 1: to become a firefighter. McCarty said of the six student participants,
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  Speaker 1: four are currently in the fire science or Emergency medical
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  Speaker 1: services courses at Indian Valley Vocational Center. He said the
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  Speaker 1: coursework is a great option for Yorkville students beginning a
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  Speaker 1: career path as a firefighter. Megan Steben, Yorkville High School
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  Speaker 1: Dean of Students, said the participation by multiple agencies helps
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  Speaker 1: highlight the great partnerships in the community and huge support
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  Speaker 1: for the students. She said some students might pursue careers
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  Speaker 1: in those fields after seeing the life saving impact they make.
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  Speaker 1: I think you don't really know the seriousness until you've
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  Speaker 1: seen it happen, and said, to see it happen in
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  Speaker 1: a real situation is dramatic. This is a good opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for our students to understand the severity and the impact
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  Speaker 1: to everyone around. I hope they can now see the
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  Speaker 1: impact of theirs and their friend's choices and how it
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  Speaker 1: affects the community. School resource officer Jacob Schwartz said PROM
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  Speaker 1: students should encourage their friends to make safe driving decisions.
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  Speaker 1: This event is about keeping our kids safe. Schwartz said,
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  Speaker 1: PROM can be a night of memories, and this is
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  Speaker 1: designed to give them the clear understanding that one bad
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  Speaker 1: choice could have life altering consequences. We want them to
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  Speaker 1: enjoy prom make good memories, and look out for one another.