'Real-Life' DUI Scenario Aimed At Scaring Beaumont Students Straight: Watch Dramatic Reenactment

BEAUMONT, CA — A DUI crash is not something that anyone should ever have to go through. Yet, in this country, it's something that claims a life every 15 minutes. That's right: Every. Fifteen. Minutes.

In order to emphasize the dangers of getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol or taking drugs, the California Highway Patrol has crafted a unique program that features a student portrayal of a DUI crash and the potential aftermath, including a mock funeral. And just last week, the program came to Beaumont High School.

"The Every 15 Minutes program is a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions and the impact their decisions have on family, friends, their community, and many others," according to the CHP.

Check out the video we put together from the Beaumont High event below. You can scroll down for a full image gallery as well.

Here's more on the program from the California Highway Patrol:

The program brings together a broad coalition of interested local agencies with the goal of reducing alcohol-related incidents among youth. The partnering of the California Highway Patrol, local law enforcement, local hospitals, emergency medical responders, schools, businesses, and service clubs validates the importance of working together to ensure a healthy community.

The two-day Every 15 Minutes program is very dramatic and emotional-and purposely so. Teenagers are constantly reminded about the choices they have to make involving alcohol and how many others are affected by their decisions.

They know the intellectual statistics. However, many teens share the belief it will never happen to them.
This powerful program is designed to create an awareness among students that they are not invincible. This program helps open the emotional doors, and it They experience first hand how their actions affect the lives of so many other people.

Images by Patch Editor Renee Schiavone