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Foothill Road Closure For 'Every 15 Minutes': Heads Up!
As Foothill High School hosts this year's annual anti-DUI program, a stretch of the roadway will be blocked Thursday, police said.
PLEASANTON, CA – The annual “Every 15 Minutes,” a high-impact, anti-DUI program planned this week at Foothill High School, brings with it a road closure on Foothill Road, according to police.
To facilitate the program's staged collision portion, the Pleasanton Police Department on Thursday, April 19 will close Foothill Road from 8:30 a.m. to about 2 p.m. between West Las Positas Boulevard and Muirwood Road, the agency said.
Traffic will be detoured around the scene, and area residents will be allowed access to and from their homes, the department said.
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The Pleasanton Unified School District, along with Pleasanton police, will present the 15th year of the “Every 15 Minutes” program at Foothill High School on Thursday, April 19 and Friday, April 20.
“Every 15 Minutes,” which derives its name from the frequency at which a person is killed in an alcohol- or drug-related collision in the U.S., is designed to teach young adults about the dangers and consequences of driving under the influence, police said The program, directed by high school juniors and seniors, includes a mock, fatal traffic collision which simulates a DUI crash in which young adults are killed.
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The collision will be simulated at 10:30 am. on Thursday on Foothill Road, in front of Foothill High with real-life paramedics, firefighters and police officers at the scene. Foothill juniors and seniors will watch emergency crews in action and witness "the arrest of the intoxicated driver," police said.
A follow-up assembly will be held at Foothill High's gymnasium on Friday, April 20, but no street closures are involved with the assembly.
In Thursday's event, several emergency vehicles will be involved, and area residents will hear sirens and could see the California Highway Patrol's helicopter land to transport an “injured” party to the hospital, police said.
Also involved in the annual event will be the City of Pleasanton's streets department, the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, Paramedics Plus, Graham-Hitch Mortuary, Save Tow, the CHP and Eden Medical Center.
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