Today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Farrington Highway in front of Molokai High School will be closed to traffic so that a mock car crash and rescue can be simulated.
A video of the crash will be used in the school’s driver’s education program. School Resource Officer Michael McCutcheon also plans to use the video to raise public awareness around the issues of teenage driving, including the problem of distracted drivers.
Emergency responders will also use this mock crash for training. A student involved in the mock accident will be taken to Molokai General Hospital in a simulation of a real medical emergency.
The local driver’s education program received a $2,000 grant from the Hawaii Association of Safety and Traffic Educators to conduct this mock crash. Driver Education instructor Malia Lee got the idea for this project from a similar educational video produced on the mainland called “Shattered Lives.”
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