Mock car crash at Elizabethtown College shows results of drunk driving

College Get A.B.S.U.R.D organization hosts educational event

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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (04/07/2011)(readMedia)-- Get A.B.S.U.R.D. (Get a Better Safer Understanding of Responsible Drinking), an Elizabethtown College student organization, hosts its annual mock car crash at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28.

With the Mock Car Crash, taking place on the College's Ober Loop, Get A.B.S.U.R.D. hopes to raise awareness concerning responsible drinking and about the dangers of drinking and driving.

For the past several years, the student group has hosted the mock car crash, which displays a realistic mock-up of what a wreck from a drunk driver would look like. At the start of the crash, the audience sees the cars at a standstill, in the aftermath of the impact. As time passes, the audience sees the local fire department, EMTs and police personnel handle a drunk-driving accident as if it were real.

Northwest EMT, Elizabethtown Fire Department and Elizabethtown Police Department participate each year. All of the crash victims are portrayed by Elizabethtown College students. The mangled cars used in the crash are provided by Cocker's Towing Service. EMTs create impact effects on the cars to match the crash scenario.

Get A.B.S.U.R.D. said that past student reactions are largely positive, with many respectfully watching the demonstration and several mistaking it for a real crash.

For more information, contact Tess Lutz at lutzt@etown.edu.

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Elizabethtown College, in southeastern Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Through personal attention, creative inspiration and academic challenge, Elizabethtown College students are encouraged to expand their intellectual curiosity and are given the opportunity to become a bigger part of the world through experiential learning-research, internships and study abroad. Elizabethtown College's overall commitment to Educate for Service is fulfilled as students are taught intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership.

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