Mock car crash

By Carrie McDermott • Daily News
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:46 PM CDT

Students at Breckenridge and Rothsay (Minn.) high schools learned the high costs of drinking and driving on Monday.

Breckenridge students Gavin Amdahl and Emma Bellmore portrayed teens who came upon a mock two-car accident at the school and called 911.

Several hundred students watched from both sides of the street as Breckenridge Fire Department, police dept., Wilkin County Sheriff and the ambulance service responded to the call.

The driver of one of the cars, played by Nicole Hasse, was put through field sobriety tests by police officers while passengers were rescued. Hasse was deemed to be driving under the influence of alcohol, placed in handcuffs and put into a police vehicle.

County Attorney Tim Fox narrated the scene over a public address system as it unfolded. He explained what the emergency personnel were doing and the conditions of the injured.

Jennifer Larson and Michelle Kress played injured passengers in Hasse's car. The injured driver of the second car, Darin VanTassel, was driving Carter Hought, who played a fatality, and injured passengers Cody DeFries and Chloe Bergmann.

Firefighters used the jaws of life to cut through a car door. The windshield was removed from one vehicle to help extricate passengers. Rescue personnel pulled the victims out of the vehicles and put them onto stretchers, which were then placed in an ambulance.

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