Prom season is in full swing and that means more kids will be out on the roads late at night. The issue of drinking and driving is on the minds of many parents in the east.
Today, alcohol law enforcement officers took the talk on the dangers of drinking and driving to a new level.
"It's something that is the hardest thing I've ever had to do."
Charles Daniels teaches at
Daniels said, "You get attached to your students and its gut wrenching. It really is, to see something like that."
ALE agents threw out the facts and statistics to students gathered in the auditorium. Then to drive home the point, police, fire, and
Ashley Crompton, a high school senior said, “It kind of gives a little perspective to what they were saying."
Crompton is just one of many in her senior class who know people who've lost their lives in drug or alcohol related crashes.
Today’s demonstration was a reminder.
Washington High student, Blake Bullock said, "Back when Eli and Noah died and Patrick back in 8th grade because of a car wreck. It brings back a lot of memories."
Their memories are kept alive in a parking space at the school. And with prom night right around the corner, these teenagers know peer pressure could cloud their thinking.
Senior Jessica Rogers said, "Were all underage, we shouldn't be drinking anyway but they think it's a night to celebrate and they feel like they can do it."
And if it's not that, it could just be a lack of judgment.
"Impulse decisions, their not thiking straight, their just thinking for that point in that day," added
But in the end, students, as Blake said, agree on one thing.
"It's real life and if someone dies in a car crash, that’s it. You can't bring them back."
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