IMAGE GALLERY: Mock Car Crash at Chelmsford High School

seniors and juniors crowded outside the school to witness the annual Mock Car Crash, a pre-prom event organized to communicate the dangers of drinking and driving.

“We put this event together to make an impact on each and every one of you…today’s event is one of the most powerful that you will witness in your lifetime,” Chelmsford High principal Anne O’Bryant told the crowd, who congregated at the Performing Arts Center prior to the crash.

Students James Driscoll, Kevin Hazel, Meaghan Tuttle, and Joe Gennarro portrayed accident victims based on themselves in a scenario where Driscoll rammed into Hazel’s car passing through a red light while drunk.

Chelmsford Police and Fire Department personnel, along with paramedics, worked frantically to extricate the group from the crash. Three were saved, while a fourth died on impact.

After the event, the students were addressed by Nancy Lane, whose brother died thirty years ago as the result of a car crash by a drunk driver.

Sponsors of the Mock Car Crash included the Chelmsford Coalition to Live Smart, Trinity EMS, the Chelmsford Police and Fire departments, and Dolan Funeral Home.