THS Hosts Mock Crash
On Friday, May 5, 2017, a simulated accident with live students acting as vehicle drivers and passengers was held at Treynor High School. This educational effort was done to show the process and potential suffering of a major vehicle collision scene. Treynor students near or at driving age in Middle School and High School was the target audience (8th through 12th Grade). While serving as an educational tool for students, this event was also a training exercise for the emergency response professionals. Student victims of the crash were volunteer actors arranged by the Treynor Junior Optimist Club. Real rescue workers, sheriff deputies, Highway Patrol Troopers, and others followed the all-too-routine procedures needed in such horrific situations.
Following the Mock Accident scene, students adjourned to the auditorium for a Q & A session with Iowa State Trooper Scott Miller, Fire Chief Russ Maguire and student actors, Bailey Andersen, Griffen Kline, Jett Keller, McKayla Olsen, Alex Lowe, Brock Livengood and Kyla Mittan.
Watch a 3-minute video summary of the event here. The video that was shown before the students left the auditorium to go to the mock accident scene filmed by Tyler Radcliff can be viewed at his Dapper Productions' YouTube account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY33jYLIKPc&t=5s.
KETV's segment can be viewed here. Nonpareil's article with pictures can be viewed here.
This was an event coordinated by Junior Optimists, Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 Committee, Iowa Highway Patrol, Treynor Fire & Rescue, Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office and Hoy Kilnoski Funeral Home.