{"id":68510,"date":"2017-04-22T16:33:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T22:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-mock-crash-provides-tough-love-on-dangers-of-drinking\/"},"modified":"2017-04-22T22:33:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T22:33:20","slug":"m-chs-mock-crash-provides-tough-love-on-dangers-of-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-mock-crash-provides-tough-love-on-dangers-of-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"M-CHS mock crash provides tough love on dangers of drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!-- gallery:1e26b7ea-e0ef-4080-a42e-856352bb915a --><br>\n          <!-- gallery:e78f93b3-2c00-4951-b1fd-adeb187dab1d --><br>\n          <!-- gallery:f6a79230-64cb-459f-ac34-6a43872ffe5a --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aUvKCVSBcAM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Montezuma-Cortez High School students on Friday witnessed a mock crash that stressed the dangers of drinking and driving.<\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s prom was this weekend. Teachers told students to have a fun weekend, but also a safe one. They told students the word prom also stands for \u201cPlease Return on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drama students staged the crash in which a student \u201cdied.\u201d After the crash, they headed to the gym and watched a mock sentencing hearing involving the \u201cdriver\u201d who had been drinking before causing the death of a fellow student.<\/p>\n<p>Montezuma District Court Judge Todd Plewe \u201csentenced\u201d the driver to 10 years in prison. He said a vehicular homicide charge carried a sentence of 4-12 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a crime that society takes very seriously,\u201d he told students.<\/p>\n<p>They also heard from local resident Gary Harris, who was in a crash decades ago involving a drunken driver who left his wife and 16-month-old daughter with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Harris said the mock crash brought up some painful memories. He shared a personal story about the moments before, during and after the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was only one night that a driver decided to drink and drive,\u201d Harris said, explaining the tragic impact such a small decision can make. \u201cThere are more people than just you out on the highway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>M-CHS fire science teacher Lori Mott dedicated the event to Harris and to the community of Moab, Utah. A post-prom crash on March 5 near Moab left two teenagers dead and three others injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne choice can affect the rest of your life,\u201d Mott said.<\/p>\n<p>EMT Club President Brittany Hampton, a senior who acted in the demonstration, said the event was fun and effective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt went well,\u201d she said. \u201cI think people will stop and think more after watching this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>at M-CHS emphasizes safe driving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,13,28,60,29,316],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-68510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter","tag-video"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68510"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=68510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}