Hillsborough Students Witness Consequences Of Drinking And Driving

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Hillsborough High School graduating seniors experienced firsthand the consequences of drinking and driving. With the cooperation of the Hillsborough Police, Fire and EMS departments, the school held their annual Every 15 Minutes program. It was held in the parking lot on Thursday.

The Every 15 Minutes Program is a model of both school and community-based alcohol prevention that incorporates simulated alcohol-related consequences with community elements that include students, parents, educators, school administrators, health systems and law enforcement personnel.

During the morning, activities took place within the school to emphasize the fact that someone is killed in an alcohol-related car accident every 15 minutes.

In the afternoon, a simulated traffic accident was held at the high school in the large parking lot near Amwell Road. The senior class and staff were on hand to watch emergency services remove fatalities and injured students.

Police arrested and booked the guilty driver, the dead was taken to the morgue, and the injured were taken to Somerset Medical Center. All sequences were also recorded to be shared with the student body at a later time.

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