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Notre Dame Hosts Anti-DUI Program

"Every 15 Minutes" aims to provide grim lesson about drinking and driving.

 
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Victims of a mock car crash are covered with a tarp until paramedics arrive at the scene. Tara Connolly
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Erica Esposito, right, is marked in white make-up and a black shirt to symbolize the death of a victim during "Every 14 Minutes" at Notre Dame High School (NDHS),
Bethlehem Township Officer Dean Wilson reviews the program with the victims before the presentation May 12.
Victims of a mock car crash are covered with a tarp until paramedics arrive at the scene.
NDHS student body watches the dramatic accident and rescue unfold.
Students express emotion at the sight of their injured classmates.
Students witness their classmate arrested for DUI.

With the prom and graduation coming up, local high schools are keen to remind their students the importance of not driving under the influence.

To hammer home the life altering -- and deadly -- consequences of impaired driving, schools host programs such as the "Every 15 Minutes" event that was held Thursday at Notre Dame High School.

The program depicts a fatal crash: students are taken away in ambulances, "drunk" drivers are arrested, and parents are even notified that their children have "died." Photographer Tara Connolly was at Notre Dame Thursday to capture the scene.

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