THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016
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BHS stages stunning mock crash BELLEVILLE – n May 20, the Belleville High School gym turned into a makeshift hospital for the “treatment” of a student following a mock car crash. It was actually the secondyear continuation of a Crash Course in Safe Driving simulation, with this year’s focus on the consequences of last year’s crash scenario. Deborah Strano, BHS instructor of driver’s education, physical education and health, coordinated both events with
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the influence of alcohol, causing the driver – not wearing his seat belt -- to lose control of the vehicle and smash into a utility pole. At this year’s event, crash “victim” BHS student Tommy Uribe experienced a simulated cardiac arrest as a result of the crash’s impact to his chest and Belleville EMS used an automated external defibrillator to try to “revive” him. Members of the Belleville Fire Department and Police Department participated in the exercise and, to drive home
drives or texts while driving. When someone texts and drives, there is a 23% increased chance of an accident. When someone has been drinking, that number rises to 25%.
“I’m hoping that this event sends a clear message to students regarding safe driving habits. I’m hoping that this event hits a nerve in students that says, ‘Whoa, that could
have been me,’ and I’m praying that students will not drink and drive or text and drive. I hope that students will learn to pull over if they need to text and never drink and drive.”
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A student ‘ejected’ from a vehicle after mock crash is transported by Belleville EMS to hospital.
the aim of raising awareness about driving safely. BHS seniors and juniors attended last month’s program. In last year’s exercise, a student acted out a scenario that had a driver texting while at the wheel and while under
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the point, James J. Cozzarelli Jr., owner of the Cozzarelli Memorial Home, provided a casket. Said Strano: “The main goal of this simulation is to raise awareness of the dangers when someone drinks and
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from the area, led to police developing Cruz-Snelling as the prime suspect, and at 3 a.m. Saturday, KPD detectives and members of the Tactical Services and Vice units executed arrest and search warrants at his residence. He was taken into custody without incident. Police said he was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, possession of a CDS, and receiving stolen property. At press time, no further details were available, however law enforcement sources told The Observer that Cruz-Snelling has “an extensive history” of
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