Mock crash: What can happen if students aren’t careful
A Middle Point Fire Department firefighter cuts a roof stanchion on a car while a “dead” student lies where she was ejected from the vehicle.
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It’s not often that teenagers get to see first-hand what could happen when they drive recklessly or are negligent.
Fortunately, the fatal rollover accident Lincolnview High School students viewed Friday afternoon in the school parking lot — which also resulted in serious injuries and one student being life-flighted — wasn’t real. But Middle Point Fire Chief Craig King said something similar definitely could happen if students are distracted, drink and drive, and take other risks while driving.