California Highway Patrol conducts ‘Every 15 Minutes’ drunk driving demo at Mission Vista High School

FILE A California Highway Patrol Every Minutes venture at a school in San Jose Courtesy CHP The California Highway Patrol will be conducting a simulated drunk driving collision at Mission Vista High School in Oceanside on Thursday as part of the Every Minutes initiative a two-day event which demonstrates to high school students the impact drinking and driving can have on friends families and their neighborhood The simulation will be from around p m for about one hour Thursday on the soccer-lacrosse field behind the gymnasium according to the CHP During the mock collision there will be a high concentration of urgency vehicles in the area We would like to ensure that the residents is aware this is a mock crisis situation and that no real emergency authentically exists the agency mentioned Officers reported pre-designated students will be pulled from class meanwhile a mock obituary will be read by law enforcement personnel to the class The students represent the number of people who will be seriously injured or lose their life at the hands of a drunk driver the CHP explained The first day of the venture is a simulated traffic collision involving an impaired teenage driver and a fatally injured victim The event includes exigency responses from police fire ambulance clinical helicopter coroner and tow truck companies The project will conclude with a mock funeral and assembly for students at a m Friday The event was conducted by the California Highway Patrol with assistance from the county of San Diego Oceanside Police Department Oceanside Fire Department Reach Air Clinical Services San Diego County District Attorney s Office Allen Brothers Mortuary Western Towing and other locality partners and affiliates Funding for the effort was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration