8 The Clackamas P rint
Wednesday, M ay ^0, 2012
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Feature
AWARENESS: Event highlights D U I dangers
Pamela Kedev is loaded into the back o f a hearse after the mock D U I crash on campus.on M ay 23.7The.ev£htJjigh1i^3tedthe tragedy
Henderson-played the victims in
th e D U I crash demonstration.
Lt. Jeff Deetz, a 20-year' vet Uenderson, acted à s th e driv
eran of Clackamas Fire District, er of thé mangled Honda and
also shared his opinion on the wàs extracted from the vehicle
benefit of the demonstration, and placed on a back board.
lt included three fire trucks; an After having her neck braced,
ambulance and a coroner. Deetz Henderson was loaded in to a
explained the large scale of the waiting ambulance.
event: was-; designed to show the
“This happens every day,”
reality of the consequences of said Henderson? '
drunk driving.
Kedev was the unfortunate
Two. Clackamas students passenger who did'not make it.
were involved in the gruesome
Deceased victims o f D U I
display of a real life scenario. accidents are often left where
Pamela Kedev and Kaylea they lay- until the investigation
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of the scene is complete. This
process can take up to eight
hours. As Kedev was zipped into
the coroner’s body bag, a hush
fell over the crowed. Kedev was
then loaded in to a hearse as a
hushed audience watched:
“The aftermath is not fun,”
saidi Kedev.
T heradio was tuned to Wild
107.5 and played between pre
sentations by different speakers.
Jo an Miller, a victim and sur
vivor o f a DUI related crash,
shared her story. She told of
being left with permanent ocular
( f
D U I fatalities w ith hopcs-ifcurtaiF.
damage. Ron Hanson spoke of
how his D UI offence was the
cause of the death of, a mother
and her two young children.
These hard facts were delivered
to students and staff with candor
and a definite intent to make an
impression. It was a clear exam
ple of what could and what does
happen when a driver chooses to
drink and drive.
The Mothers Against Drunk
Driving (MADD) website states
the average drunk driver has
operated a vehicle under the
influence of alcohol 80 times
before his or her first arrest.
MADD also states that about
ope third of all drivers arrested
for .driving drunk are repeat
offenders.
W ith such a graphic dis?,
play, it. was obvious the wish
of McAdoo might have a good
chance o f coming true. The
gravity of the demonstration was
reflected in the faces of the audi
ence as they enjoyed a free lunch
and were treated to; an almost
R-rated scene of carnage to serve
as a lasting reminder.
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