2010-03-12 / Schools

Two-day event at Simi Valley High School focuses on the reality of drunk driving


KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES— California Highway Patrol officer Tony Pedeferri, at left, speaks to Simi Valley High School juniors and seniors at the Every 15 Minutes assembly on March 4. Pedeferri was paralyzed from the chest down when he was struck and critically injured by an impaired driver during a routine traffic stop in December 2007. KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES— California Highway Patrol officer Tony Pedeferri, at left, speaks to Simi Valley High School juniors and seniors at the Every 15 Minutes assembly on March 4. Pedeferri was paralyzed from the chest down when he was struck and critically injured by an impaired driver during a routine traffic stop in December 2007.
REAL EMOTIONS—At right, students Summer Mullins, 18, left, and Tomoko Takeda, 18, cry after hearing their friend, “crash victim” Takuto Fujii, read a letter of apology to friends and family. Below, Colette Hapip reads her letter of apology. The annual Every 15 Minutes program demonstrates the dangers of drinking and driving through a series of activities, including a staged wreck. Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers REAL EMOTIONS—At right, students Summer Mullins, 18, left, and Tomoko Takeda, 18, cry after hearing their friend, “crash victim” Takuto Fujii, read a letter of apology to friends and family. Below, Colette Hapip reads her letter of apology. The annual Every 15 Minutes program demonstrates the dangers of drinking and driving through a series of activities, including a staged wreck. Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers

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