Mock DUI crash event at RHS shows the dangers of drinking and driving

Rochester High School students got to see the dangers of driving under the influence first-hand, after the bi-annual mock DUI crash Thursday afternoon at Rochester High School. 

RHS Assistant Principal Lauryn Atkinson says it's nothing new to the community, but there were a few extra new features adding to the drama this year. 

Atkinson says the event has made quite the impact on RHS students throughout the years, who never seem to forget it. 

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Greg Heller, RFD Fire Chief Tom Butler, and Gene Bower from Woodlawn Hospital organized the event. 

RHS students watched, as members from the Fulton County Sherriff's Department, Union Township Fire Department, and EMS's played out the scene with members from the RHS Drama Club. 

The event, which started off in the Rochester High School parking lot, included the crash scene and its bloody victims, the rescue of the other injured victims, and the arrest of the drunk driver.

The story continued inside the Rochester High School gym, with an ER scene that ended in tragedy and a courtroom sentencing. 

RHS Drama Club members acting this year were Raegan Trottier, who played the drunk driver and Ellie Shank, Reagan Becker, and Baylee Bradley, who played the frantic friends at the scene.

Calen Campbell was the body on the scene on top of the windshield and Calin Sayger, Ethan Brady, and Khya Gilbert were the injured victims inside of the vehicles.